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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS New Meadows quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tamarack quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PINE |
| 8 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Payette National Forest | EVERGREEN |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | EAST BRANCH |
| 7 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Payette National Forest | LOST FALLS |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MUD CREEK |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK |
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | RUBICON |
| 26 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MIDDLE MUD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipman | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Galena Mine | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kearns | Silver, Selenium, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Rose Marie Prospect | Chromium | Prospect | Chromite | |
| Vick Creek Asbestos | Asbestos | Occurrence | ||
| Anderson Group | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Bear Creek | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Crane Creek | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Manganese Mts. | Manganese | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Tamarack | - | The mesonet station, WBRI1, 8.8 miles northwest of Tamarack, measured heavy rain from nearby thunderstorms. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Woodland | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Rubicon | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Evergreen | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| New Meadows | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Stevens | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Meadows | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Starkey | 8.0 miles | 14 |
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.





