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Thama, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Priest River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83856. It lies near The Settlement. The Survey maps it on the Laclede quadrangle.

Thama 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Thama between 1992 and 2020, burning about 109 acres in total. 24 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
Debris and open burning27
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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
5 September 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGOLD CUP
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCAKE FIRE
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPRIEST RIVER-8 MILE
22 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRED CHERRY
20 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFOREST ROAD
2 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsJACHETTA ROAD
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestRUSTLING LEAF
16 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHOOP CARES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Thama: 17 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Molybdenum, Graphite, Molybdenum. 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
Brand S Laclede PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
SullivanGold, MolybdenumPast Producer
Sullivan MineGold, Molybdenum, GraphitePast ProducerUnderground
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Priest River3.8 miles16
Vay4.5 miles17
Seneacquoteen4.9 miles16
Sawyer4.9 miles16
Laclede5.0 miles16
Riverside (historical)5.1 miles16
Edgemere5.6 miles17
Harlem8.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397240. 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.