Sinker, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. The Survey maps it on the Sinker Canyon quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sinker within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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.

1892 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1894 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:62500
1986 USGS Murphy quadrangle1:100000
1990 USGS Sinker Canyon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Sinker (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 490 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Natural	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Fireworks	1
Debris and open burning	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 1997	Natural	73 acres	Boise District	FOSSILBUTT
27 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Boise District	MM40 HWY78
3 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Boise District	STRIKER
23 August 1996	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Boise District	DIAMOND CR
4 July 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	9.0 acres	Boise District	MM34 HWY78
2 July 2016	Equipment and vehicle use	22 acres	Boise District	SINKER
19 July 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Boise District	FOSSILCRK
12 July 2001	Natural	365 acres	Boise District	STRIKE BAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sinker (historical): 4 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, REE, REE. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Brockman Monazite Property	Uranium, REE	Occurrence	Monazite
Brockman Monazite Property	REE	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Owyhee 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Murphy	7.1 miles	13
Oreana	7.7 miles	18
Guffey	12.3 miles	15
Morgan Place	12.5 miles	17
Slacks Corner	12.6 miles	13
Reynolds	13.6 miles	13
Silver City	13.8 miles	13
Democrat	14.1 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399548. 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.