Snow, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83540. It lies near McCormack Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Sweetwater quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Snow within Nez Perce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Lewiston Orchards quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Snow (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 505 acres in total. 9 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
Debris and open burning	13
Natural	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Fireworks	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Smoking	3
Firearms and explosives use	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 2005	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	SWEETWATER
23 September 2001	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	SPACEDFIRE
23 September 2001	Debris and open burning	25 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	SPCOWBOY
18 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	LOEFIRE
16 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	GOLDEN EAGLE
7 August 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	5.5 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	MC
29 August 1999	Fireworks	under an acre	Nez Perce Tribe	WEBBSMOKE
23 August 2010	Debris and open burning	1.5 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	TAYLOR FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Snow (historical): 3 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension. 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
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
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Nez Perce 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
Webb	3.7 miles	9
Fairburn (historical)	4.5 miles	9
Bundy	4.6 miles	9
Sweetwater	5.0 miles	9
Jacques	6.0 miles	9
Waha	6.8 miles	9
Lapwai	7.3 miles	10
Culdesac	8.1 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399563. 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.