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Westma, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Melba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83641. It lies near Powers Butte. The Survey maps it on the Melba quadrangle.

Westma within Canyon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

10 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Westma between 1995 and 2018, burning about 766 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresBoise DistrictKAVE
23 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use60 acresBoise DistrictKUNA CAVE
22 August 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresBoise DistrictROBINSONPT
2 August 1999Debris and open burning32 acresBoise DistrictNICHOLSON
18 August 2007Firearms and explosives use2.0 acresBoise DistrictBUTTE
27 July 2001Equipment and vehicle use275 acresBoise DistrictSPROAT
13 July 2017Recreation and ceremony312 acresBoise DistrictMURPHY LANE
11 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined53 acresBoise DistrictHEMINGWAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Westma: 4 unknowns, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Geothermal, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Cimota Enterprises, Inc Gravel PitGypsum-Anhydrite, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, SilverPast Producer
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsProspect
Cinder DepositVolcanic MaterialsProspect
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Leland Freiberghaus Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsProducerSurface
Cinder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Canyon 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
Bowmont2.8 miles15
Melba2.9 miles15
Swartz Corner5.9 miles14
Warrens6.0 miles15
Walters Ferry6.0 miles15
Deal6.3 miles14
Tiegs Corner6.9 miles14
Kings Corner7.1 miles14

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 Q122568613The 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 397306. 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.