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Wayland, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83866. It stands on Dago Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa quadrangle.

Wayland within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Wayland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 4 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
Natural28
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFLAT CREEK
6 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON
5 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCROSBY 2
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTRAM CREEK
26 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSOLDIER CREEK
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsRENFRO ROAD
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON POINT
14 September 1999Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsSEWER POND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wayland: 5 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tellurium. 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
Tyson PlacerGold, TelluriumProducerGold
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
White Elephant MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Benewah 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
Mashburn1.5 miles9
Santa1.7 miles9
Renfrew2.4 miles9
Tyson Creek Station3.8 miles9
Flat Creek4.5 miles9
Cardwell5.7 miles10
Fernwood5.7 miles10
Rover6.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 376185. 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.