Cedar Creek, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Clark Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83803. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Minerva Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Packsaddle Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Packsaddle Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Minerva Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Minerva Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,843 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | PACKSADDLE 18 |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CAPE HORN PEAK |
| 25 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | INDIAN GIVER |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BRUSH CANYON |
| 6 August 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | WHISKEY STUMP |
| 4 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 209 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | 3 SISTERS |
| 31 August 1996 | Fireworks | 280 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | LAKEVIEW |
| 3 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MINERVA 6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Creek: 11 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Limestone, General, Lead, Antimony, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls Creek Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Falls Creek Prospect | Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Minerva Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Minerva Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Minerva and Whalen | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Packsaddle Mine | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Packsaddle Prospect | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Pend Oreille District | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Producer | FISSURE VEINS, SHEAR ZONE | |
| Silver Prospect | Silver, Sulfides | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Silver Prospect | Silver, Sulfur | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Creek in 1 storm report in 2012: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Creek | - | Measured at the Lake Pend Oreille Buoy. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeview | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Granite | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Evans Landing | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Blacktail | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Talache Landing | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Talache | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Careywood | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Cocolalla | 11.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396258. 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.








