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Walters Ferry, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Melba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83641. It lies near Big Rocky Island. The Survey maps it on the Walters Butte quadrangle. It stands 2,264 feet above sea level.

Walters Ferry within Canyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Walters Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,558 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Firearms and explosives use3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor114 acresBoise DistrictCHINADITCH
6 August 2000Firearms and explosives use8.0 acresBoise DistrictHEMINGWAY
22 August 1995Arson/incendiarism353 acresBoise DistrictCELEBRATE
2 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictMAP ROCK
15 August 2012Firearms and explosives use195 acresBoise DistrictCHUALKY
4 July 2004Fireworks3.0 acresBoise DistrictHEMINGWAY
30 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreBoise DistrictGUFF
29 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictWALDVOGEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon 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 Walters Ferry: 8 prospects, 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Gold, Volcanic Materials, Uranium. 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
MelbaPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Cinder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Cinder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Diatom ClaimUraniumOccurrenceSedimentary
Diatomite ClaimUraniumUnknown
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomitePast ProducerSedimentary
Pumice OccurrencePumicePast ProducerPumice
Reynolds CreekDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed LocationPumiceUnknown
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsProspect

Every working recorded in Canyon 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
Warrens3.3 miles15
Melba4.5 miles15
Westma6.0 miles15
Bowmont8.6 miles15
Swartz Corner11.3 miles14
Deal11.9 miles14
Kings Corner12.7 miles14
Tiegs Corner12.8 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Walters FerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q116949876The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 400160. 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.