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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1894 USGS Idaho Basin quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1894 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pioneerville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Idaho City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LYKOW |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | HOODOO |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Boise National Forest | HOOT CREEK |
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Boise National Forest | RUNNING BEAR |
| 27 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | DUQUETTE |
| 25 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | ELK HORN |
| 22 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | BOULDER CREEK |
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Boise National Forest | BULLFROG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 52 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Group Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Cleveland Mine | Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | Prospect | ||
| Gambrinus Mine | Gold, Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hayfork Mine | Gold, Antimony, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Stibnite | |
| Hayfork Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Hope Claim | Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), REE | Prospect | ||
| Humdinger Group | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Humdinger Group | Gold, Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Illinois Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| King Solomon Prospect | Silver, Platinum, Gold | Occurrence | Argentite, Gold, Platinum, Silver |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenmile Summer Home Area | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Idaho City | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Pioneerville | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Centerville | 7.2 miles | 20 | |
| New Centerville | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| Placerville | 10.6 miles | 20 | |
| Star Ranch Summer Home Area | 11.2 miles | 20 | |
| Granite | 11.6 miles | 20 |
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 Q122555470 | The 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.






