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Syringa, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83539. It stands on Big Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Syringa quadrangle. It stands 1,411 feet above sea level.

Syringa within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Syringa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,174 acres in total. 84 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
Natural84
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4

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
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHOUDINI
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsKNOBBY
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsLODGE CREEK
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSECTION 15
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSWAN
30 September 2018Debris and open burning25 acresIdaho Department of LandsCASTAWAY
3 September 1996Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsYAKUS CREEK
24 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsMIDDLE FORK SLASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Syringa: 4 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kyanite, Iron, Zinc, Lead. 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
Kooskia KyaniteAluminumProspect
Rusty LodeZinc, LeadProspect
Smith Creek DepositIronPast Producer1932, 1942
C. B. Kyanite ClaimsKyaniteProspect
Old Faithful and Little BimboKyaniteOccurrence
Woodrat Mountain Kyanite ProspectKyaniteProspect1955

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Syringa in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2023Thunderstorm WindSyringa$5,000A thunderstorm went through Syringa and the Apgar Campground, northeast of Lowell. A weather spotter reported trees down along US Highway-12 from Apgar Campground to just downstream of Swan Creek. The spotter also mentioned roof damage in Syringa and a power outage from Syringa to the Selway River.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindSyringa$200A person from the public who lives 3.5 road miles west of Syringa, observed strong west-northwest winds that caused five Ponderosa Pine trees to snap in half and fall onto US-12. The Ponderosa Pine trees were tall but with small diameters. Based on an eye-witness report of a twisting white cloud coming up from the river, the damage could have been a result of a short-lived gustnado.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindSyringa-Trees were blown down from a severe thunderstorm blocking Highway 12 near milepost 86.

Every storm recorded in Idaho 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
Tahoe5.7 miles12
Big Cedar6.7 miles12
Lowell7.0 miles10
Glenwood8.5 miles9
Clark Tree10.1 miles10
Clearwater12.4 miles9
Kooskia13.3 miles10
Caribel13.7 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.

Wikipedia article on SyringaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28446688The 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 398211. 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.