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Stibnite, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Stibnite census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83677. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stibnite quadrangle.

Stibnite within Valley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Stibnite between 1992 and 2013, burning about 12,162 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony1
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
23 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePayette National ForestSUMMIT
8 August 2013Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestFIDDLE
7 August 2006Natural2,650 acresPayette National ForestBISHOP CREEK
5 August 2011Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestSUGAR
3 August 2004Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestANTIMONY
23 August 2003Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestMEADOW CREEK
21 August 2008Natural137 acresPayette National ForestPEPPER
18 August 1998Natural2.5 acresPayette National ForestPEPPER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Stibnite: 40 occurrences, 17 prospects, 11 past producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Mercury, Antimony, 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
Big Chief ClaimsSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadProspect1947
BonanzaGold, Silver, AntimonyProspect
Copper Mountain ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence1960
Copper Mt. ProspectSilver, Gold, Copper, TungstenProspect
FernGold, Mercury, SilverPast Producer
Garnet Creek ProspectSilver, Gold, AntimonyOccurrence
Hennessey ProspectAntimony, MercuryProspectVein
Hermes Mine (includes Fern Mine)Mercury, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1902, 1918
Jerico ClaimMolybdenum, Copper, GoldOccurrence1935
Jerico ClaimGold, Copper, MolybdenumProspect

Every working recorded in Valley 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
Midnight1.8 miles14
Abstein Place9.3 miles14
Yellow Pine9.4 miles14
Edwardsburg15.2 miles12
Big Creek15.8 miles12
Landmark19.9 miles12
Fritser Ford20.1 miles9
Lawman Ford20.5 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 Q122565131The 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 398186. 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.