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Warren, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Riggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83638. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warren quadrangle. 16 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 5,906 feet above sea level.

Warren within Idaho County

On record in Warren

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 7 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Warren between 1992 and 2019, burning about 21 acres in total. 48 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
Natural48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestCHINA MOUNTAIN
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestSLAUGHTER
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestWARREN SUMMIT
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestMITCHEL
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresPayette National ForestPONY CREEK
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestPONY MDWS.
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestTHOMAS CR.
9 August 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestK-CREEK#1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 100 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 100 workings within 5 miles of Warren: 49 past producers, 28 occurrences, 21 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Zinc. 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
Charity MineGold, TungstenPast Producer1877
Dewey Vein ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
Emily MineGold, Silver, Garnet, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Goodenough MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Little Giant MineSilver, Gold, Tungsten, Lead, ZincPast Producer1862, 1883
Potash Sulphur SpringsVanadiumPast Producer
Red Ledge No. 6 OccurrenceUranium, REEOccurrence
Rescue MineGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverProducer1868
Section 33 Lead - Zinc VeinLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Smith Creek PlacersGold, REE, Mercury, SilverPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Mackay Bar11.9 miles11
Burgdorf12.6 miles12
Cross Trails14.7 miles11
Fourway Junction17.3 miles8
Turner19.2 miles11
Cable Car Crossing19.3 miles11
Green19.3 miles11
French Creek21.6 miles12

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 WarrenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2549645The 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 392902. 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.