Ulysses, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Forney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83466. It lies near Kitty Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Ulysses quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ulysses within Lemhi County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1960 USGS Ulysses Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1982 USGS Bighorn Crags quadrangle1:100000
1991 USGS Ulysses quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Ulysses (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,639 acres in total. 79 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	79
Debris and open burning	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
7 September 2009	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	SQUAW
7 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	CRYSTAL GULCH
6 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	INDIAN
6 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	COW GULCH
6 September 1995	Natural	3.0 acres	Salmon-Challis National Forest	LITTLE SAGE
2 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	EAST FORK INDIAN CR.
2 September 2004	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	GRINDSTONE
14 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	not named

Every fire recorded in Lemhi County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ulysses (historical): 14 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: REE, Thorium, Feldspar, Gold. 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
Be Van Mine	Quartz	Past Producer	1918
Cardinal Prospect	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Thorium, REE	Occurrence	Allanite, Monazite
Cardinal Prospect	REE, Rhenium	Occurrence
East Fork	Nickel, Cobalt	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite
Glenan Pegmatite	Feldspar, Mica	Occurrence
Gramlich Minerals Inc	Cobalt, Copper	Prospect
H. R. Roberts' Claims	REE, Thorium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Copper, Titanium	Past Producer	1948
Indian Creek District	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead	Producer	FISSURE FILLING, REPLACEMENT
Kittie Burton Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer	1901
Lee - Buck No. 4 Claim	Niobium (Columbium), REE, Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence	Allanite, Monazite, Rutile

Every working recorded in Lemhi 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
Shoup	8.7 miles	10
North Fork	9.1 miles	9
Gibbonsville	13.9 miles	13
Leesburg	16.3 miles	10
Carmen	20.2 miles	13
Salmon	23.7 miles	13
Blackbird	24.0 miles	10
Cobalt	25.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398290. 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.