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Teakean, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83541. The Survey maps it on the Southwick quadrangle.

Teakean within Clearwater 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.

Fires near this place

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Teakean between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,748 acres in total. 42 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
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 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKOMNICK MD
8 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsEUREKA RIDGE
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,631 acresClearwater Potlatch Timber Protective AssociationCLOVER
7 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance4.5 acresNez Perce TribeSOUTH ROAD
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNez Perce TribeSLAUGHTER HOUSE
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEND OF RAINBOW
5 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFREEMAN CREEK
5 September 1995Natural2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsJOHNSON MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Teakean: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, REE, Asbestos, Stone. 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
Cavendish QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cavendish SummitREE, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, GarnetOccurrence
Cedar Creek Placer DepositTitanium, REEPast Producer1956
DeweyGold, SilverPast Producer
Herb Olson ProspectTitanium, Thorium, REEUnknown
North Fork, Clearwater RiverGold, PlatinumProducerStream Placer
Sylvanite Gold-Copper PropertyGold, CopperOccurrence
Teakean Butte OccurrenceGold, Iron, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, GarnetOccurrencePlacer
Craig Black SandsREEUnknown
Dworshak Dam StoneStonePast ProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Clearwater 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
Cavendish2.9 miles10
Ahsahka4.5 miles11
Peck4.6 miles8
Bruce Eddy5.4 miles11
Riverside5.8 miles10
Orofino8.3 miles10
Konkolville10.4 miles10
Dent10.7 miles11

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 Q122594500The 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 398219. 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.