Cherry Creek, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malad City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83252. It stands on West Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Henderson Creek quadrangle. It stands 4,465 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Henderson Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Malad City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 341 acres in total. 22 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | FOURMILE |
| 14 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | FOUR MILE |
| 10 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TWO MILE #2 |
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | TORO |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | 4 MILE |
| 30 August 1992 | Natural | 115 acres | Idaho Falls District | MADSEN |
| 20 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | .TWO MILE |
| 13 August 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CHERRY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Creek: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Iron, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Williams Property | Iron, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Woodruff Hot Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cherry Creek in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Debris Flow | Cherry Creek | - | On June 25th video of debris flow running over north bound interstate 15 just north of the Utah border in Oneida county was seen. Radar estimated 2 inches of rainfall in that area resulting in the debris flow and flooding. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Cherry Creek | - | A weather spotter reported three-quarter inch hail near Cherry Creek. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Cherry Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodruff | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Samaria | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gwenford | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Malad City | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasantview | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Saint Johns | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Holbrook Summit | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgedale | 14.3 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cherry Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5092310 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 379220. 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.



