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Sunbeam, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Stanley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83278. It stands on Yankee Fork. The Survey maps it on the Sunbeam quadrangle.

Sunbeam within Custer County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Sunbeam between 1992 and 2019, burning about 237 acres in total. 19 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
Natural19
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestWARM SPRINGS
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestLOWER HARDEN
26 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution31 acresSawtooth National ForestSUNBEAM
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestRANKIN CREEK
8 August 2005Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestEAST BASIN #2
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestCREALEY FIRE
6 August 2010Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestRED
29 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestRAMEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Sunbeam: 25 prospects, 19 occurrences, 11 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Silver, Copper. 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
Ace In the HoleSilver, GoldProspect
Alta ProspectsUranium, Silver, Antimony, GoldProspectPitchblende, Stibnite, Uranophane
Bluebird GroupSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Centauras WorkingsGold, Garnet, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, REE, UraniumPast Producer1870, 1900
Easy Bar PlacerGold, REE, Garnet, Titanium, Iron, ZirconiumOccurrencePlacer
Hardee MineUranium, Antimony, Silver, GoldPast ProducerPitchblende, Stibnite
Hygrade ClaimsLead, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverProspectGalena, Gold, Molybdenite, Silver
Lucky Shelly KayGold, Silver, MercuryProspect
Mandate ProspectGold, Silver, UraniumProspect1958
Molly Hogan Group 1-22Molybdenum, TungstenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Custer County

Storms near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunbeam in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2014: 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
August 2014Heavy RainSunbeam-Farmers and ranchers in Custer County were declared by the USDA to qualify for natural disaster assistance due to crop damage from heavy August rains. Eastern Idaho barley crop damage was estimated at 64 million dollars with a portion of that in Custer County.
August 2000WildfireSunbeam-This particularly tenacious fire was started by lightning near the historical mining town of Sunbeam and burned mature conifers, threatened homes and consumed 6700 acres before containment.
July 2006Flash FloodSunbeam-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Custer 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
Robinson Bar3.5 miles15
Bonanza6.9 miles16
Torreys7.1 miles14
Custer8.3 miles15
Lower Stanley10.7 miles16
Stanley11.4 miles16
Obsidian14.6 miles16
Clayton17.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398201. 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.