The Cedars, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Osier Ridge quadrangle.

The Cedars within Clearwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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.

1911 USGS Lolo quadrangle1:250000
1913 USGS Lolo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Osier Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Headquarters quadrangle1:100000
1994 USGS Osier Ridge quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of The Cedars between 1992 and 2019, burning about 357 acres in total. 95 started naturally. None 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	95
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Smoking	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
30 September 2001	Smoking	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	BROKEN NOSE
22 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	OSIER
19 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	TRAP
17 September 2001	Natural	114 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	GOOSE
13 September 2006	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	MEADOW
9 August 2019	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	TANNER
8 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	DECEPTION POINT
8 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	GAME

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Moose City

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of The Cedars: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silica, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Lead. 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
Hoodoo Pass	Lead	Prospect
Meadow Creek Placer	Gold, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt	Past Producer	Placer
Birch Mountain Silica Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Quartz
Cedar Camp Area	Silica	Unknown
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sandstone
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sandstone
Chamberlain Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Dill Creek	Gold	Prospect
Dill Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Long Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Moose City	6.2 miles	12
Cayuse Junction	22.3 miles	13
Isabella Landing	29.3 miles	10
Bingo Creek Landing	35.9 miles	10
Headquarters	42.3 miles	14
Boehls	43.9 miles	15
Cardiff	44.1 miles	14
Hollywood	45.8 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397243. 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.