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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Custer quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Custer quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sunbeam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS White Cloud Peaks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | WARM SPRINGS |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | LOWER HARDEN |
| 26 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 31 acres | Sawtooth National Forest | SUNBEAM |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | RANKIN CREEK |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | EAST BASIN #2 |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | CREALEY FIRE |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Sawtooth National Forest | RED |
| 29 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | RAMEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace In the Hole | Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Alta Prospects | Uranium, Silver, Antimony, Gold | Prospect | Pitchblende, Stibnite, Uranophane | |
| Bluebird Group | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Centauras Workings | Gold, Garnet, Iron, Zirconium, Titanium, REE, Uranium | Past Producer | 1870, 1900 | |
| Easy Bar Placer | Gold, REE, Garnet, Titanium, Iron, Zirconium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Hardee Mine | Uranium, Antimony, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Pitchblende, Stibnite | |
| Hygrade Claims | Lead, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver | Prospect | Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Silver | |
| Lucky Shelly Kay | Gold, Silver, Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Mandate Prospect | Gold, Silver, Uranium | Prospect | 1958 | |
| Molly Hogan Group 1-22 | Molybdenum, Tungsten | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Sunbeam | - | 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 2000 | Wildfire | Sunbeam | - | 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 2006 | Flash Flood | Sunbeam | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson Bar | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bonanza | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Torreys | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Custer | 8.3 miles | 15 | |
| Lower Stanley | 10.7 miles | 16 | |
| Stanley | 11.4 miles | 16 | |
| Obsidian | 14.6 miles | 16 | |
| Clayton | 17.7 miles | 13 |
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.







