Smelter Heights, Idaho
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kellogg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83837. It lies near Deadwood Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Kellogg West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1901 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1909 USGS Cataldo quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Cataldo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Kellogg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Kellogg West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Kellogg West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Smelter Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 3 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 | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WET HAT |
| 28 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BURNING RUBBER |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | MONTGOMERY GULCH |
| 25 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LYNCH GULCH |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PAGE |
| 21 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BEAR CR MILL |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BEAR CREEK |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | FUBAR 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 123 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 123 workings within 5 miles of Smelter Heights: 48 past producers, 24 prospects, 23 occurrences, 20 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alhambra Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Amy-Matchlees Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Benewah-Shoshone Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Big Creek Apex Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Producer | Vein | |
| Big Eight Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Black Hawk Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bobby Anderson Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bunker Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Antimony, Cadmium, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1885, 1886, 1991 | |
| Carbonate | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | Vein | |
| Coeur D'Alene Big Creek | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Sweeney | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| Smelterville | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wardner | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Kellogg | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Page | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pine Creek | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Elizabeth Park | 3.6 miles | 19 |
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 Q122551346 | 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 398143. 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.










