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Deep Creek, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bonners Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83805. It stands on Brown Creek. The Survey maps it on the Naples quadrangle.

Deep Creek within Boundary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

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.

Fires near this place

175 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Deep Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 11 were 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
Debris and open burning54
Natural45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2020Naturalunder an acreKootenai Valley Area OfficeRUBY RIDGE
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWAGON WHEEL RD
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLONELY PINE
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON
26 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPLEASANT
25 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSNOW RIP
23 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTAMARACK
23 September 2011Natural5.2 acresIdaho Department of LandsROUND MT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Deep Creek: 4 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed LocationUraniumProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Portrey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Boundary County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Burns0.2 miles12
Moravia1.9 miles12
Naples3.6 miles12
Schnoors5.4 miles12
Shiloh5.4 miles12
Bonners Ferry6.2 miles12
Mc Arthur7.2 miles12
Allens Spur8.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396387. 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.