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Deep Creek, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1959. It stands in the Buhl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83316. The Survey maps it on the Buhl quadrangle. It stands 3,606 feet above sea level.

Deep Creek within Twin Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Deep Creek between 1996 and 2020, burning about 663 acres in total. 4 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresBoise DistrictHAWK
4 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSALMON CREEK
30 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSINKINGCYN
29 September 1996Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSINKINGCAN
26 August 2012Natural2.0 acresIdaho Falls District4100 ROAD
20 August 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresBoise DistrictWOODRAT
19 August 2020Arson/incendiarism46 acresTwin Falls DistrictMAGIC WATERS
16 August 1998Natural186 acresBoise DistrictBLUE GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Deep Creek: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Blue Gulch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wynn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Twin Falls 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
Austin (historical)4.3 miles16
Buhl4.6 miles10
Fairview5.0 miles10
Castleford5.2 miles10
Abbey (historical)5.4 miles16
Cedar7.4 miles9
Clover10.0 miles9
Peavey10.3 miles9

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 Deep CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q117025401The 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 396386. 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.