Westlake, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cottonwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83526. The Survey maps it on the Westlake quadrangle.

Westlake within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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.

1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Westlake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Westlake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 3 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	12
Debris and open burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Fireworks	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
22 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	ROCK PIT BARN FIRE
12 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	RADAR
1 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	7.6 acres	Nez Perce Tribe	KINZER
6 August 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	BLACK HOLE
30 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	KEUTERVILLE
30 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	WILLOW CREEK
3 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	WILLOW CREEK
24 August 2000	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	EAST FORK MALONEY CR.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Ferdinand

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Westlake: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper. 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
	Cottonwood Butte	Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper	Past Producer	Gold

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ferdinand	6.6 miles	8
Keuterville	7.0 miles	8
Cottonwood	9.8 miles	10
Greencreek	12.9 miles	10
Boles	14.6 miles	9
Dryden	16.2 miles	8
Denver	16.7 miles	10
Fenn	17.2 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398340. 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.