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Smaq'wqn Hill, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Harrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83842. It lies near Medicine Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Medimont quadrangle.

Smaq'wqn Hill within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Smaq'wqn Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 102 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHIDDEN ISLAND
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestLANE CREEK
14 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
12 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsROBINSON CREEK
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreNorthern Idaho AgencyROSEWOOD
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBLACK LAKE
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestLANE
7 August 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSWAN SONG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Smaq'wqn Hill: 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Silver, Zinc, Lead. 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
Coeur D'Alene Meadows Peat OccurrencePeatOccurrencePeat
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gray Eagle ProspectLead, Zinc, CopperProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Jumbo Claim GroupLead, Zinc, SilverUnknown
Red Horse ProspectCopperProspect1904
Silver King ProspectZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Silver Mist ClaimLead, ZincOccurrence
Stroebel ProspectLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProspect1918

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
Medimont0.2 miles10
Lane4.0 miles15
Springston6.9 miles10
Lacon8.0 miles10
Rose Lake8.1 miles14
Conkling Park9.7 miles10
Harrison9.8 miles10
Dudley10.4 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122556664The 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 2081984. 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.