Starkey, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Council census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83612. It stands on Warm Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fruitvale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New Meadows quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Fruitvale quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Fruitvale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Starkey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,374 acres in total. 22 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | FORT HALL |
| 8 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Payette National Forest | EVERGREEN |
| 7 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Payette National Forest | LOST FALLS |
| 20 September 2001 | Natural | 10 acres | Payette National Forest | LONG GULCH |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | HALL RIDGE |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | BADGER |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | ALDER |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Payette National Forest | ROCKY GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Starkey: 10 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corrieg & Telluride | Silver, Selenium | Occurrence | ||
| Crescent | Gold, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Jackley Ridge | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Kearns | Silver, Selenium, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Starkey Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Chipman | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Springs | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Legal Tender | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Starkey in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2024: 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Starkey | $403,000 | The Adams County emergency manager reported flooding and flash flooding including debris flow throughout the county. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Starkey | - | The mesonet station WEFI1 at Weiser River measured 0.96 inches of rain. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Starkey | - | The mesonet station WEFI1 near Weiser River, ID measured near 0.62 inches of rain. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397205. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






