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Spalding, Idaho

10 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 Lapwai Valley. The Survey maps it on the Lapwai quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.

Spalding within Nez Perce County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Spalding between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,749 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 4 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
Fireworks88
Equipment and vehicle use38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning35
Smoking15
Other causes11
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
9 September 2005Fireworksunder an acreNez Perce TribeOVERTHILL
8 September 2008Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresNez Perce TribeBOOM GROUNDS RR
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce TribeEVENTS
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNez Perce TribeCARVALLEY
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce TribePUMPKINFIR
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresNez Perce TribeBOYER
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNez Perce TribeROCKY TOP
30 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNez Perce TribeSMOKEHOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce 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 Spalding: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
Spalding PitStoneProducer
Crystal Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Joseph0.5 miles10
North Lapwai1.0 miles10
Lapwai3.0 miles10
Arrow3.4 miles10
Sweetwater5.3 miles9
Myrtle5.9 miles9
Bundy6.7 miles9
Jacques7.1 miles9

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 SpaldingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7572958The 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 397192. 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.