Warm Lake, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Cascade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83611. It stands on Reeves Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warm Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Warm Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Pistol Creek quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Warm Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Warm Lake between 1992 and 2019, burning about 31,763 acres in total. 96 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 96 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | CURTIS CREEK |
| 6 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LINE |
| 6 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | BIG CREEK |
| 5 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Boise National Forest | LODGE |
| 5 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Boise National Forest | CAMPFIRE |
| 3 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | CURTIS CREEK |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LODGEPOLE CREEK |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | TWO BIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Warm Lake: 7 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erwin Mickey Quartz | Quartz | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Stolle Meadows | Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Tungsten Point | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Molly S Hot Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| South Fork Plunge | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Trail Creek Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Warm Lake in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Warm Lake | $5,000 | Early morning severe thunderstorms produced strong gusty winds and hail. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Warm Lake | - | A COOP observer 30 miles north of Lowman measured 1.68 inches of heavy rain. |
| September 2007 | Flash Flood | Warm Lake | - | Heavy Rain Accumlations Estimated Near 1.5 inches with 0.38 Inches Occuring Between 2 AM and 3 AM on Portions of the Cascade Complex Burn Area Caused a Debris Flow with Water, Mud, and Rocks Flowing on to Forest Service Road 579 about 4 Miles North of Deadwood Lodge. |
| June 2002 | Hail | Warm Lake | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Summer Home Area | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shoreline Drive Summer Home Area | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Kinney Point Summer Home Area | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Paradise Valley Summer Home Area | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Landmark | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Arling | 20.4 miles | 13 | |
| Roseberry | 20.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cascade | 22.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398316. 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.






