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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.

Cedar Creek within Bonner County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

33 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestPACKSADDLE 18
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCAPE HORN PEAK
25 September 2005Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsINDIAN GIVER
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBRUSH CANYON
6 August 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestWHISKEY STUMP
4 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use209 acresIdaho Panhandle National Forest3 SISTERS
31 August 1996Fireworks280 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestLAKEVIEW
3 August 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestMINERVA 6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Falls Creek MineCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Falls Creek ProspectCopper, Silver, LeadOccurrenceVein
Minerva MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Minerva MineCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Minerva and WhalenGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Packsaddle MineCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverProspect
Packsaddle ProspectLead, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Pend Oreille DistrictLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProducerFISSURE VEINS, SHEAR ZONE
Silver ProspectSilver, SulfidesOccurrenceVein
Silver ProspectSilver, SulfurOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bonner County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCedar Creek-Measured at the Lake Pend Oreille Buoy.

Every storm recorded in Bonner 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
Lakeview3.3 miles14
Granite4.9 miles16
Evans Landing6.0 miles16
Blacktail7.4 miles16
Talache Landing7.8 miles16
Talache8.7 miles16
Careywood10.5 miles17
Cocolalla11.0 miles16

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.