BlockCrescent, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Troy-Juliaetta-Kendrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83537. It stands on Bedbug Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Ahsahka quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Park quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Crescent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 41 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | KOMNICK MD |
| 8 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | 3 BEAR BUNCHER |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CEDAR CREEK |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TINY |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | JOHNSON MILL |
| 25 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CEDAR CREEK |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARN |
| 21 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BEDBUG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Crescent: 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, REE, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Garnet, Gold, Iron, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavendish Summit | REE, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Cedar Creek Placer Deposit | Titanium, REE | Past Producer | 1956 | |
| Dicks Creek Placer | Gold, Zirconium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Herb Olson Prospect | Titanium, Thorium, REE | Unknown | ||
| Teakean Butte Occurrence | Gold, Iron, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Craig Black Sands | REE | Unknown | ||
| Mason Butte Titanium Placer | Titanium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Olson Prospect | Titanium | Prospect |
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.
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 Crescent | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19879194 | 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 396343. 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.