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Tramway, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83536. The Survey maps it on the Woodland quadrangle.

Tramway within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Tramway between 1992 and 2019, burning about 62,523 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 4 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
Natural63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks3
Smoking1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeALMOST HEAVEN
8 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLOLO CREEK
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCottonwood Field OfficeCARROT RIDGE 2
3 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of Lands38 SPECIAL
29 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsWOODLAND
26 September 2012Fireworks584 acresNez Perce TribeFLYING B
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use16 acresIdaho Department of LandsTRAM 61
2 September 2002Naturalunder an acreCottonwood Field OfficeALMOST HEAVEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Tramway: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Copper, Silver. 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
Pittsburg GroupCopperProspectVein
Trimetallic ProspectGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tramway in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTramway$10,000A spotter reported a pine tree with a diameter of 2.5 feet snapped in half from the strong wind. They estimated the wind gust to be 60 mph. Also power was reported out for 13 hours.
September 2025HailTramway-A hail size of one inch in diameter was reported 3 miles north-northwest of Kamiah by a trained spotter.
July 2010HailTramway-Law enforcement reported golf ball sized hail in the Kamiah city limits.
July 2010HailTramway-A trained spotter reported golf ball sized hail with some larger pieces in the mix east of Kamiah.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Pardee1.3 miles11
Pardee Corner2.2 miles11
Woodland2.8 miles11
Harrisburg4.4 miles11
East Kamiah7.8 miles10
Caribel8.9 miles10
Winona10.5 miles10
Dryden11.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398257. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.