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Chinese Cemetery

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“Chinese Cemetery, also known as Chinese Cemetery, Warren Mining District, is a cemetery located near Warren, Idaho. It is the only ethnic Chinese cemetery in Idaho that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was listed on March 29, 1994.”

Wikipedia article Chinese Cemetery (Idaho), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 42 National Register listings published here for Idaho County · listed in 1994 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 sitess as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Payette National Forest, 0.5 mi. NW of Warren Wagon Rd. at B, Warren, 83638
  • When was it listed? March 1994
  • Category. site
  • Also known as. Chinese Sites in the Warren Mining District MPS
  • Census division. Riggins
  • National Register reference number. 94000270 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Chinese Cemetery between 1992 and 2019, burning about 17 acres in total. 42 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
Natural42
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 September 2006Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestCHINA MOUNTAIN
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestSLAUGHTER
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestWARREN SUMMIT
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestMITCHEL
9 August 2000Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestTHOMAS CR.
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestWARM SPRINGS
7 August 1999Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestWEST STRATTON
7 August 1999Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestMOBY COMPLEX

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Chinese Cemetery: 47 past producers, 28 occurrences, 21 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Zinc. 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
Charity MineGold, TungstenPast Producer1877
Dewey Vein ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, AntimonyPast ProducerVein
Emily MineGold, Silver, Garnet, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Goodenough MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Little Giant MineSilver, Gold, Tungsten, Lead, ZincPast Producer1862, 1883
Potash Sulphur SpringsVanadiumPast Producer
Red Ledge No. 6 OccurrenceUranium, REEOccurrence
Rescue MineGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverProducer1868
Section 33 Lead - Zinc VeinLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Smith Creek PlacersGold, REE, Mercury, SilverPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Chinese Mining Camp Archeological Site0.4 miles1994
Warren Guard Station, Building 12060.8 miles1994
Celadon Slope Garden6.8 miles1990
Old China Trail7.1 miles1990
Chi-Sandra Garden7.1 miles1990
Ah Toy Garden7.4 miles1990

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000270 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Idaho CountyAll 42 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.