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Triangle, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Murphy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83650. It stands on Louisa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Triangle Reservoir quadrangle.

Triangle within Owyhee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

13 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Triangle between 2002 and 2017, burning about 2,060 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Debris and open burning1
Firearms and explosives 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
3 September 2007Natural363 acresBoise DistrictROSE CREEK
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1,559 acresBoise DistrictJOSIE
28 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictLOUISA
10 August 2012Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictTRICOW
9 July 2012Natural131 acresBoise DistrictCHIMNEY
6 July 2007Natural1.0 acresBoise DistrictJOSEPHINE
6 July 2007Natural1.0 acresBoise DistrictHARDY
27 July 2017Firearms and explosives useunder an acreBoise DistrictTRIANGLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Owyhee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Triangle: 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, 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
Golden Reward Mining & Milling CoGold, SilverPast Producer
Copenhagen ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Copenhagen ClaimsUraniumUnknown
Uranium OccurrenceUraniumUnknown

Every working recorded in Owyhee County

Storms near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Triangle in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 heavy rain. 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
May 2024Heavy RainTriangle-The 24 hour rainfall total was 0.81 inches at the Wilder mesonet station.
March 2023Heavy RainTriangle-The mesonet station SMTI1 16.6 miles southeast of Jordan Valley, ID measured 1.20 inches of heavy rain.
August 2023Heavy RainTriangle-The mesonet station SMTI1 16.6 miles southeast of Jordan Valley measured 0.80 inches of rain.
June 2023Heavy RainTriangle-The mesonet station, SMTI1, 16.6 miles southeast of Jordan Valley, measured 0.50 inches of heavy rain.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTriangle-The Triangle RAWS reported a wind gust of 67 MPH.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTriangle-Brace Flat RAWS recorded a wind gust of 64 MPH.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTriangle-Triangle RAWS recorded a wind gust of 77 MPH.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindTriangle-Brace Flat RAWS recorded a wind gust of 63 MPH.

Every storm recorded in Owyhee 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
Crill Place9.5 miles9
Carothers Place (historical)12.3 miles9
Flint12.4 miles9
Empire City (historical)14.2 miles10
Spiry Place14.5 miles9
South Mountain15.9 miles9
Doyle Place16.0 miles9
Silver City17.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398261. 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.