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Spiry Place, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. It lies near Hogpen Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Antelope Spring quadrangle.

Spiry Place within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

Fires near this place

3 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Spiry Place between 1994 and 2013, burning about 248 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
10 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBoise DistrictBIRCH CR.
13 August 2013Natural242 acresBoise DistrictBACHMAN
31 July 1994Natural1.0 acresBoise DistrictBUCKAROO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee 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 Spiry Place: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Uranium, Zeolites. 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
Alter Creek Mining CoGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Ben-Jel Bentonite MineBentonitePast Producer
Golden Crown MineGold, SilverPast ProducerGold, Silver
Golden Crown MineGold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Last Chance ProspectLead, ZincUnknown
W. BockmanGeothermalProspect
Benjamin Uranium ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Benjamin Uranium ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Castle CreekZeolitesProspect
Castle Creek MercuryMercuryOccurrence

Every working recorded in Owyhee 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
Carothers Place (historical)2.3 miles9
Doyle Place5.9 miles9
Crill Place6.3 miles9
Oreana9.9 miles18
Triangle14.5 miles10
Morgan Place15.3 miles17
Sinker (historical)15.5 miles13
Empire City (historical)16.8 miles10

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 Q122561966The 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 397194. 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.