Spanish Town, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83647. It stands on East Fork Elk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Bar quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Spanish Town within Elmore County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1894 USGS Rocky Bar quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Rocky Bar quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

50 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Spanish Town (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. 42 started naturally. None 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
Natural	42
Recreation and ceremony	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Smoking	2

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
8 September 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Sawtooth National Forest	MARSH CR.
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	STEEL
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	BOILER
6 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	STEEL
27 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	LINCOLN CREEK #2
23 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	YUBA
23 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	SOLDIER
23 September 1997	Natural	under an acre	Boise National Forest	PINTO CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Spanish Town (historical): 26 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, REE, Silver, Lead. 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
Commonwealth Mine	Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite
Elmore	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Feather River	REE, Garnet, Iron, Titanium, Zirconium	Unknown
Feather River Placer	REE, Titanium, Iron, Silver, Garnet, Gold, Zirconium	Past Producer	Placer
Idaho Gold Chief Prospect	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite
Lison Mine	Gold, Arsenic	Past Producer	Vein
Ophir Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite
Passover Prospect	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	1937
Pittsburg Mine	Gold, Zinc, Lead	Unknown
Rocky Bar	Gold, Platinum, Silver	Past Producer	1862

Every working recorded in Elmore 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
Rocky Bar	2.3 miles	14
Featherville	6.9 miles	16
Alturas City (historical)	8.0 miles	16
Atlanta	9.3 miles	16
Paradise Hot Springs	10.8 miles	16
Pine	15.9 miles	16
Prairie	22.0 miles	17
Reclamation Village	28.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398160. 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.