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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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 Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Jordan Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Antelope Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1990 USGS Triangle quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Antelope Spring quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Boise District | BIRCH CR. |
| 13 August 2013 | Natural | 242 acres | Boise District | BACHMAN |
| 31 July 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | BUCKAROO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alter Creek Mining Co | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Ben-Jel Bentonite Mine | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Crown Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold, Silver | |
| Golden Crown Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Last Chance Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| W. Bockman | Geothermal | Prospect | ||
| Benjamin Uranium Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Benjamin Uranium Claims | Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Castle Creek | Zeolites | Prospect | ||
| Castle Creek Mercury | Mercury | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carothers Place (historical) | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Doyle Place | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Crill Place | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Oreana | 9.9 miles | 18 | |
| Triangle | 14.5 miles | 10 | |
| Morgan Place | 15.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sinker (historical) | 15.5 miles | 13 | |
| Empire City (historical) | 16.8 miles | 10 |
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 Q122561966 | The 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.





