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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.

Zaza within Nez Perce 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.

Fires near this place

26 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use1,595 acresIdaho Department of LandsCORRAL CREEK
3 September 1994Natural1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCHINA SADDLE
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBEAR BAIT
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsEAGLE CREEK
9 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1,181 acresCottonwood Field OfficeGOOSE RAPIDS
5 August 2009Natural1.2 acresIdaho Department of LandsSCREAMING EAGLE
31 August 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE FREEDOM
30 August 2017Natural1.5 acresIdaho Department of LandsZAZA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nez Perce County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Chimney Creek Marble QuarryMarble, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerMetamorphic
Corral Creek Granite QuarryGranite, SilicaPast ProducerGranite
Gold LeafGold, SilverOccurrence
Mammoth CopperCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldProspect
Prospect No. 40Copper, Gold, SilverProspect
Warm Springs GroupCopper, Zinc, Silver, GoldProspect
Peacock CopperLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Wooster ClaimLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Gold PanSilverProspect
LodeCopper, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Nez Perce 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
Taplin7.7 miles9
Waha10.4 miles9
Fairburn (historical)14.5 miles9
Woodside15.6 miles8
Snow (historical)16.7 miles9
Webb19.4 miles9
Bundy21.2 miles9
Sweetwater21.6 miles9

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.