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Staley Springs, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Island Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83429. It stands on Timber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Targhee Peak quadrangle. It stands 6,486 feet above sea level.

Staley Springs within Fremont County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Staley Springs between 1996 and 2014, burning about 87 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
31 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestRAYNOLDS
15 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSQUAW
26 July 2003Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestPARK
23 July 1997Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestSTALEY
11 July 2014Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBLACK MOUNTAIN
30 June 2010Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBLACK MOUNTAIN
24 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestROCK CREEK #2
24 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestROCK CREEK #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Staley Springs: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Travertine, Stone, Dimension, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Limestone/Dolomite DepositLimestone, General, Magnesite, DolomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Iron ProspectIronProspect
DriftwoodStone, DimensionPast Producer
Driftwood #2Stone, DimensionProducer
Idaho DriftwoodTravertinePast Producer
Idaho Driftwood #1TravertinePast Producer
Talc OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Tick Heaven Talc ProspectTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fremont 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
Lake2.3 miles13
Flat Rock12.2 miles12
Rea13.1 miles11
Trude14.5 miles11
Big Springs14.7 miles11
Island Park16.6 miles11
Box Canyon19.5 miles11
Last Chance20.3 miles11

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 Staley SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q92988654The 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 398177. 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.