Cow Creek, Idaho

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.

• 1924 USGS Weippe quadrangle1:125000
• 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
• 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
• 1966 USGS Weippe North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1981 USGS Kooskia quadrangle1:100000
• 1994 USGS Weippe North quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Cow Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 1 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Haley
• Omill
• Poorman
• Cully Moores
• Rudo
• Cardiff Mill

Every fire recorded in Clearwater County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Cow Creek: 5 producers, 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Asbestos, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Clearwater County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397584. 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.