Zaza, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lewiston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83555. It lies near Craig Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Frye Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1946 USGS Limekiln Rapids quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Frye Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Zaza between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,718 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 2 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,595 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CORRAL CREEK |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CHINA SADDLE |
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BEAR BAIT |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | EAGLE CREEK |
| 9 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,181 acres | Cottonwood Field Office | GOOSE RAPIDS |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | SCREAMING EAGLE |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LITTLE FREEDOM |
| 30 August 2017 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | ZAZA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Zaza: 8 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney Creek Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Corral Creek Granite Quarry | Granite, Silica | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Gold Leaf | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Mammoth Copper | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Prospect No. 40 | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Warm Springs Group | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Peacock Copper | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Wooster Claim | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Pan | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lode | Copper, Silver | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taplin | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Waha | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Fairburn (historical) | 14.5 miles | 9 | |
| Woodside | 15.6 miles | 8 | |
| Snow (historical) | 16.7 miles | 9 | |
| Webb | 19.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bundy | 21.2 miles | 9 | |
| Sweetwater | 21.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 400182. 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.




