BlockCream Can Junction, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Carey census division. The Survey maps it on the Brigham Point quadrangle. It stands 4,642 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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
- 1972 USGS Brigham Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Cream Can Junction between 1996 and 2018, burning about 12,746 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | BEAR TRAP CAVE |
| 10 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Twin Falls District | I86MP16 |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 3,905 acres | Idaho Falls District | BEAR TRAP |
| 6 August 2010 | Natural | 7,261 acres | Idaho Falls District | BEAR TRAP |
| 4 August 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 66 acres | Twin Falls District | BEAR TRAP |
| 3 July 1996 | Natural | 1,325 acres | Twin Falls District | GERMAN LAK |
| 29 July 2010 | Natural | 73 acres | Twin Falls District | SPLIT BUTTE 2 |
| 29 July 2010 | Natural | 20 acres | Twin Falls District | SPLIT BUTTE 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawley | 14.1 miles | 9 | |
| DeWoff | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Wapi | 18.8 miles | 10 | |
| Smith Springs | 21.1 miles | 9 | |
| Tikura | 38.3 miles | 9 | |
| Carey | 39.1 miles | 9 | |
| Picabo | 44.2 miles | 7 | |
| Leduc (historical) | 45.0 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q14687033 | 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 376146. 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.