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Sweeney, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kellogg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83868. It lies near Government Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Kellogg West quadrangle.

Sweeney within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Sweeney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 231 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 5 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
Natural43
Recreation and ceremony20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWET HAT
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBURNING RUBBER
25 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLYNCH GULCH
22 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPAGE
21 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEAR CR MILL
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsE FORK FRENCH GULCH
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEAR CREEK
16 September 2001Natural1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsFUBAR 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 116 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 116 workings within 5 miles of Sweeney: 47 past producers, 24 occurrences, 20 prospects, 17 producers. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
Alhambra MineZinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Amy-Matchlees MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Benewah-Shoshone DepositIronOccurrence
Big Eight ProspectSilver, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Gold, CopperProspectVein
Black Hawk MineZinc, Lead, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Bobby Anderson MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Bunker Hill MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Antimony, Cadmium, CobaltPast Producer1885, 1886, 1991
CarbonateZinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, SilverProducerVein
Coeur D'Alene Big CreekSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Crescent MineSilver, Antimony, Copper, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1886, 1906, 1986

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Smelter Heights0.5 miles19
Bradley0.6 miles19
Smelterville0.7 miles14
Page1.9 miles14
Wardner2.2 miles19
Kellogg2.7 miles19
Pine Creek2.9 miles14
Pinehurst3.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397230. 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.