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Thiard, Idaho

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Murray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83873. It lies near Duncan Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Osburn quadrangle.

Thiard within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

62 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Thiard between 1993 and 2019, burning about 135 acres in total. 46 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2

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 August 2008Natural1.6 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestTYLER
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestCARRICO
8 August 2003Natural1.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestKINGS
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDUDLEY
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestWHITE CREEK
7 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
6 August 2004Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestFANCY HORNET
4 August 2014Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDELTA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 113 workings within 5 miles of Thiard: 51 past producers, 20 occurrences, 18 unknowns, 12 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper. 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
Anchor MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Buckskin Gold and Silver ProspectSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Clear Grit and Rooster Goose MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast Producer1908
Eagle CreekSilver, CopperProspect1974
Four Square MineLead, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperProducer1884
FridayCopper, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Gold Back ProspectSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gold Back ProspectCopper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Gold Coin MineGold, Lead, Copper, TungstenPast ProducerGold, Scheelite
Gold Coin MineGold, Tungsten, Lead, CopperUnknown

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Delta2.0 miles18
Eagle2.1 miles18
Murray2.6 miles18
Carbon Center4.0 miles18
Ferguson4.0 miles18
Prichard4.7 miles18
Sunset (historical)5.2 miles19
Nuckols6.9 miles18

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 Q122598587The 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 397248. 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.