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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.

Starkey within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

44 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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 1995Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestFORT HALL
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresPayette National ForestEVERGREEN
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePayette National ForestLOST FALLS
20 September 2001Natural10 acresPayette National ForestLONG GULCH
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestHALL RIDGE
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestBADGER
16 September 2001Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestALDER
13 September 1996Natural1.2 acresPayette National ForestROCKY GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Corrieg & TellurideSilver, SeleniumOccurrence
CrescentGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Jackley RidgeCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
KearnsSilver, Selenium, GoldOccurrence
QuarryStonePast Producer
Starkey Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
ChipmanCopperOccurrence
Iron SpringsGoldPast Producer
Legal TenderCopperOccurrence
UnknownGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019FloodStarkey$403,000The Adams County emergency manager reported flooding and flash flooding including debris flow throughout the county.
November 2024Heavy RainStarkey-The mesonet station WEFI1 at Weiser River measured 0.96 inches of rain.
March 2023Heavy RainStarkey-The mesonet station WEFI1 near Weiser River, ID measured near 0.62 inches of rain.

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Glendale2.4 miles14
Fruitvale2.5 miles14
Stevens3.7 miles14
Evergreen4.1 miles13
Woodland6.5 miles13
Hoover6.8 miles14
Pine Ridge7.0 miles13
Tamarack8.0 miles13

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.