Vollmer, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Craigmont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83523. The Survey maps it on the Craigmont quadrangle.

Vollmer within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1924 USGS Kamiah quadrangle1:125000
1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Craigmont quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Vollmer between 1992 and 2019, burning about 946 acres in total. 12 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
Natural	12
Debris and open burning	10
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	1

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 2001	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	METAL TRESSEL
7 September 2000	Natural	50 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	BIG CANYON
5 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Clearwater Potlatch Timber Protective Association	MORRIS SADDLE
3 September 1996	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	LAWYER
2 September 1997	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	OLD MELROSE
2 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	4.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	CITY LIMITS
18 September 2005	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	BARN BUCKET
6 August 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	630 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	GIFFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vollmer: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Craigmont Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis 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
Craigmont	0.1 miles	8
Ilo (historical)	1.7 miles	8
Craig Junction	4.2 miles	9
Fletcher	4.4 miles	8
Clicks	4.5 miles	9
Kippen	6.5 miles	9
Reubens	6.8 miles	9
Mohler	7.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399737. 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.