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Washington Mill, Idaho

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Idaho City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83631. It lies near Sub Rosa Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Pioneerville quadrangle.

Washington Mill within Boise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 19 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Washington Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 188,614 acres in total. 90 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
Natural90
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1

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 2007Smokingunder an acreBoise National ForestLYKOW
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHOODOO
7 September 2006Natural3.5 acresBoise National ForestHOOT CREEK
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresBoise National ForestRUNNING BEAR
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDUQUETTE
25 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestELK HORN
22 September 1998Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestBOULDER CREEK
20 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresBoise National ForestBULLFROG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 52 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 52 workings within 5 miles of Washington Mill: 32 past producers, 14 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead. 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
Boulder Group MineGold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Cleveland MineLead, Zinc, ArsenicProspect
Gambrinus MineGold, Antimony, SilverPast Producer
Hayfork MineGold, Antimony, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Stibnite
Hayfork MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, CopperPast Producer
Hope ClaimThorium, Niobium (Columbium), REEProspect
Humdinger GroupCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Humdinger GroupGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Illinois MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
King Solomon ProspectSilver, Platinum, GoldOccurrenceArgentite, Gold, Platinum, Silver

Every working recorded in Boise 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
Tenmile Summer Home Area2.4 miles18
Idaho City6.0 miles19
Pioneerville7.1 miles19
Centerville7.2 miles20
New Centerville8.1 miles20
Placerville10.6 miles20
Star Ranch Summer Home Area11.2 miles20
Granite11.6 miles20

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.

Wikidata item Q122555470The 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 398322. 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.