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Talache, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83860. It stands on Talache Creek. The Survey maps it on the Talache quadrangle.

Talache within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Talache between 1992 and 2020, burning about 27 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 1 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
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGARFIELD
4 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTALACHE ROAD
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBREEN BAY II
26 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGARFIELD BAY
24 September 2001Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsBOULDER ROAD
23 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE BUTLER
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestTALACHE CREEK
16 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresPend Oreille Area Office117

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Talache: 16 past producers, 14 occurrences, 6 producers, 4 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Appolo GroupSilver, LeadOccurrence
BlacktailCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Bluebird MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Lead, ZincProducerVein
Brown BearSilver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Gold CoinSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Gold Coin MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Iron MaskSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
MariposaGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
NaomiSilver, LeadProspect
O'Shaughnessy ProspectCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bonner 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
Talache Landing0.9 miles16
Blacktail1.4 miles16
Garfield4.2 miles16
Granite4.8 miles16
Evans Landing5.1 miles16
Newman5.3 miles16
Sagle5.4 miles18
Algoma6.0 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122551244The 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 398213. 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.