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Silver Beach, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83869. The Survey maps it on the Spirit Lake West quadrangle.

Silver Beach within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Silver Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural28
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsN. EDWARDS PILE
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCHARGER
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCONVERTER
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTURBO TRUCK
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPIRIT CAVES
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLOWER BRICKLE FIRE
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsUPPER BRICKLE FIRE
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPIRIT RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Silver Beach: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paisley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kootenai County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Spirit Lake1.8 miles16
Fir Grove3.8 miles16
Silver Sands Beach3.9 miles16
Echo Beach4.3 miles16
Excelsior Beach4.8 miles16
Twinlow5.3 miles16
Sturgeon7.0 miles15
Ramsey7.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398129. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.