BlockWildhorse, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Council census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83610. The Survey maps it on the Cuddy Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Copperfield quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Cuddy Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 2004 USGS Cuddy Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Wildhorse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,716 acres in total. 18 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | EDNA MAY |
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | 1,202 acres | Payette National Forest | CUDDY |
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | EMERY 2 |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Payette National Forest | EMERY |
| 31 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Payette National Forest | TRANSFORMER |
| 29 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Vale District | SPLIT TREE |
| 29 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Vale District | NORTH SLOPE |
| 27 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Payette National Forest | DUKE |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wildhorse: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Manganese, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edna May Prospect | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Keystone Property | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Lead Zone Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Anglesite, Galena | |
| Scrivens Lead Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Thor Property | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Brownlee Manganese Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1953 | |
| Dukes Creek | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Eagle Island Creek Prospect | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Prospect No. 1 | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Willie Creek | Lead | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399706. 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.