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Tamarack, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the New Meadows census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83612. It lies near Price Valley. The Survey maps it on the Tamarack quadrangle.

Tamarack within Adams County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Tamarack between 1992 and 2018, burning about 22 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 2 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
Natural49
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPINE
8 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresPayette National ForestEVERGREEN
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestEAST BRANCH
7 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePayette National ForestLOST FALLS
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMUD CREEK
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsROCK
4 September 2015Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRUBICON
26 September 2017Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMIDDLE MUD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Adams County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Tamarack: 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Silver, Gold, Manganese. 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
ChipmanCopperOccurrence
Galena MineLeadOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
KearnsSilver, Selenium, GoldOccurrence
Rose Marie ProspectChromiumProspectChromite
Vick Creek AsbestosAsbestosOccurrence
Anderson GroupGoldOccurrence
Bear CreekSilverProspect
Crane CreekGoldOccurrence
Manganese Mts.ManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Adams County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tamarack in 1 storm report in 2024: 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
September 2024Heavy RainTamarack-The mesonet station, WBRI1, 8.8 miles northwest of Tamarack, measured heavy rain from nearby thunderstorms.

Every storm recorded in Adams 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
Pine Ridge1.1 miles13
Woodland1.7 miles13
Rubicon2.1 miles14
Evergreen4.5 miles13
New Meadows5.5 miles14
Stevens7.4 miles14
Meadows7.5 miles13
Starkey8.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 391826. 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.