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Transfer, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lewiston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83501. It stands on Clearwater River. The Survey maps it on the Clarkston quadrangle.

Transfer within Nez Perce County

On record in Transfer

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 8 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Transfer in 2018, burning about 283 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
11 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use283 acresIdaho Department of LandsMILE MARKER 319

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Transfer: 12 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Flagstone. 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
Clarkston PlacerGold, Zirconium, Titanium, IronPast Producer
Clarkston QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Barnes PitStoneProducer
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Collins QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kaufman QuarryStoneProducer
McGregor PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Northwest AggregatesStonePast Producer
Clarkston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Clarkston PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nez Perce 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
Lewiston1.1 miles12
North Lewiston1.4 miles12
Valley View Heights3.2 miles9
Hatwai3.3 miles9
Forebay3.7 miles9
Gurney4.2 miles9
Lewiston Orchards4.4 miles9
Leon7.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397267. 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.