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Spink, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the McCall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83638. It stands on Wilhelm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Fork quadrangle.

Spink within Valley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Spink between 1992 and 2019, burning about 66 acres in total. 30 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
Natural30
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsJUGHANDLE 60
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsJUGHANDLE
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLOUIE CREEK
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH JUG
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOUTH NORWOOD
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPADDY
24 September 1992Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBUGEL
24 September 1992Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBAKER'S DOZEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Spink: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Quartz, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum. 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
Boulder Creek PlacerTitaniumProspect
Jacobs PropertySilicaOccurrenceVein
Lake Fork CreekREE, Zirconium, Iron, Titanium, GarnetUnknown
Paddy Flat Placer DepositREE, Niobium (Columbium), TantalumOccurrencePlacer
Lake Fork County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lake Fork PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Paddy Flat Placer DepositREEOccurrence
Valley RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Goodenough ProspectQuartzOccurrence1943
Goodenough ProspectQuartzProspect

Every working recorded in Valley 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
Norwood3.2 miles13
Lake Fork3.5 miles13
Roseberry4.1 miles13
Donnelly4.4 miles13
Archabal5.5 miles13
Old Fort6.0 miles13
Elo (historical)6.5 miles16
MacGregor (historical)7.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399510. 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.