BlockYale, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Potlatch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83834. The Survey maps it on the Stanford quadrangle. It stands 2,877 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Deary quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Stanford quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Stanford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Yale (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. 26 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 | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | DRIVELINE |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | 3.8 acres | Ponderosa Area Office | MOON HILL |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CABIN |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FLAT CREEK |
| 16 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WHITE PINE FLATS |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | QUEENER CREEK |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | QUARTZ ROAD |
| 13 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MT MARGARET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Yale (historical): 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Beryllium, Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvard Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hungry Gut Mine | Mica, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Stanford Clay Deposit | Kaolin, Silica | Producer | 1907 | |
| Yale Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Vassar Clay Occurrence | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Carlson Lease | Mica, Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Luella Mine | Mica, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1910 | |
| Mc Kinney Prospect | Beryllium, Mica | Past Producer | Beryl, Muscovite | |
| Mccornack Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | Surface/Underground |
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.
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 Q116973076 | 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 398388. 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.