Slickpoo, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winchester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83524. It lies near Hamilton Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Culdesac South quadrangle. It stands 1,749 feet above sea level.
On record in Slickpoo
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Joseph's Missionlisted 1976 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Culdesac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Culdesac South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
67 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Slickpoo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,255 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK CREEK |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LAPWAI |
| 29 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | TRACK FIRE |
| 29 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | TRACK FIRE #2 |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | PRIME |
| 20 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | ROCKCREEK |
| 20 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MISSION CREEK |
| 18 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | LOEFIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Slickpoo: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mill Creek Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Mission Creek Limestone | Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1942 | |
| Jacques Spur | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Nez Perce Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Slickpoo in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2012: 1 heavy rain, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodside (historical) | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Winchester | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kippen | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Reubens | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Clicks | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Craig Junction | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Forest | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Ilo (historical) | 12.5 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Slickpoo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7540281 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398140. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




