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Sturgeon, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83858. The Survey maps it on the Hayden quadrangle.

Sturgeon within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Sturgeon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 4 were 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
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning30
Recreation and ceremony23
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsN. EDWARDS PILE
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHICKEN COOP
6 September 2011Smokingunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEAST OHIO MATCH
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCARCELLO
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWATERSHED
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsALTAMONT ROAD
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsALBERTICA
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEL DORADO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sturgeon: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gish PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Powder Horn PitStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hayden Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kootenai 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
Twinlow1.9 miles16
Excelsior Beach2.3 miles16
Echo Beach2.8 miles16
Ramsey3.0 miles15
Silver Sands Beach3.2 miles16
Rathdrum3.2 miles16
Fir Grove4.0 miles16
Garwood4.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397218. 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.