Taylor, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grangeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83554. It lies near Cowen Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Grave Point quadrangle.

Taylor within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1963 USGS Grave Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Grave Point quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Taylor between 1992 and 2019, burning about 58,932 acres in total. 34 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
Natural	34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Debris and open burning	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	2
Fireworks	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
6 September 2019	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	GRAVES POINT
6 September 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Coeur d'Alene Field Office	HOOTS
30 September 1996	Recreation and ceremony	40 acres	Coeur d'Alene Field Office	BETTY CR
27 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	PITTS SADDLE
17 September 2005	Debris and open burning	50 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	TWIN
16 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.6 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	GREGORY
14 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest	KURRY CREEK
12 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	HAZE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Taylor: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Copper, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Salmon River Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Short Branch Claims	Silver, Gold, Copper	Occurrence
Idaho Con. Copper Co.	Silver	Occurrence
Cooper Bar Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Horseshoe Bar Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Roby Bar Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Taylor Bar	Gold	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Copperville	5.6 miles	10
Slate Creek	6.4 miles	11
White Bird	6.8 miles	10
Joseph	9.2 miles	8
Canfield	10.5 miles	10
Mexican Place	10.9 miles	9
Lucile	11.1 miles	10
Shells Lick	13.6 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 400551. 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.