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Vay, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83856. The Survey maps it on the Edgemere quadrangle.

Vay within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Vay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning24
Natural23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCURTIS
5 September 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGOLD CUP
29 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsVERTICAL PILE
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBOBWIRE
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLONG MTN
18 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsNITTY GRITTY
16 September 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestRUSTLING LEAF
11 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeGOLD CUP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Vay: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Gold, Uranium, 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
Brand S Laclede PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
HalliwillUranium, CopperOccurrence
Halliwill ProspectUranium, CopperOccurrenceTorbernite
SullivanGold, MolybdenumPast Producer
Sullivan MineGold, Molybdenum, GraphitePast ProducerUnderground
Halliwill ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bonner 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
Sawyer2.3 miles16
Seneacquoteen2.8 miles16
Edgemere3.4 miles17
Laclede4.0 miles16
Riverside (historical)4.5 miles16
Thama4.5 miles16
Harlem5.6 miles17
Clagstone6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 392712. 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.