York, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83525. It stands on West Fork American River. The Survey maps it on the Lick Point quadrangle.

York within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1966 USGS Lick Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Lick Point quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of York between 1992 and 2018, burning about 112 acres in total. 120 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	120
Debris and open burning	4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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 2017	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	AMERICAN SPUR
8 September 2017	Natural	75 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	BIG ELK
6 September 1992	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	not named
29 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	DESPITE DENNY
28 September 2017	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	SNOW
22 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	RUMPUS
22 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	BENNETT
18 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	FLAT IRON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of York: 11 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
American Placer	Gold, Titanium	Past Producer	1906
Colonel Sellers	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Iron Mountain Group	Thorium, Iron, Uranium	Occurrence	Thorite
Mineral Zone Mine	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	Placer
Pioneer Deposit	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer	Vein
Elk City Mines Buffalo Gulch	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Surface
Erickson Reef	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Little Elk Creek Placer	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Shuck Placer	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Placer
Baker's Lode	Gold	Past Producer

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
Elk City	6.1 miles	11
Mud Springs	6.5 miles	14
Newsome	8.0 miles	13
Gold Point	9.8 miles	11
Fall Creek	11.4 miles	13
Leprouse	12.4 miles	10
Old Golden	12.4 miles	13
Golden	12.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 394322. 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.