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Alder Creek, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83861. It stands on Alder Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lindstrom Peak quadrangle.

Alder Creek within Benewah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Alder Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 9 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
Natural27
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsUPPER SYRINGA
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsALDER LOOP
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsJACKALOPE
30 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARTY SCENE
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKITTLES
24 September 2001Natural3.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCHOULSON CREEK
23 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsALDER CK SUB
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMUTCH CREEK 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Alder Creek: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Decann Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Robert Hyde ProspectIronOccurrenceVein
State Pit Pw 77-5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thorn Creek Hill Kaolinite OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence

Every working recorded in Benewah County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alder Creek in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Thunderstorm WindAlder Creek$500Multiple trees snapped and downed within the area. Time estimated by radar.

Every storm recorded in Benewah 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
Lotus0.7 miles10
Rover2.1 miles10
Cardwell2.5 miles10
Flat Creek6.2 miles9
Mashburn6.6 miles9
Saint Maries6.8 miles10
Meadowhurst7.3 miles10
Emida7.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396030. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.