BlockCrane, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Midvale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83645. It stands on Middle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Granger Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1894 USGS Squaw Creek quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Granger Butte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Crane (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,463 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | MIDDLE CR. |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | N.CRANE CR |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | BILL GRGE |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | 15 acres | Boise District | TENNISON |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Boise District | NORTH CRANE |
| 8 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 203 acres | Boise District | SHEEP CK. |
| 7 July 2002 | Natural | 38 acres | Boise District | MCFADDAN |
| 14 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Boise District | SHEEP CK |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crane (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399551. 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.