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Sinclair, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Moyie Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83805. It stands on Round Prairie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eastport quadrangle.

Sinclair within Boundary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Sinclair between 1992 and 2019, burning about 37 acres in total. 35 started naturally. None was 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
Natural35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestCAR
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBRASS CREEK
2 September 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestKREIST CREEK
2 September 1998Smokingunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestRUTLEDGE
15 September 2018Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSNYDER CREEK
11 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestHELLROARING
7 August 2010Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forest2210
4 August 2003Natural2.4 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestADDIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sinclair: 4 prospects, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
Big T ProspectSilver, Copper, Zinc, LeadProspect
Geneva ClaimsLead, CopperProspect
Queen MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Tilley MineLead, Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver, ZincProspect1952
Tommy Moran ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
Copper CreekGoldProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Copper Falls ProspectLeadOccurrenceVein

Every working recorded in Boundary 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
Good Grief1.4 miles11
Addie1.8 miles11
Eastport4.9 miles11
Meadow Creek7.6 miles12
Eileen10.6 miles12
Copeland11.4 miles13
Moyie Springs14.0 miles12
Ritz14.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397166. 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.