Elk Creek, Idaho

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.

• 1901 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
• 1903 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
• 1906 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
• 1909 USGS Cataldo quadrangle1:125000
• 1911 USGS Cataldo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
• 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1957 USGS Kellogg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
• 1985 USGS Kellogg East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1987 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
• 1996 USGS Kellogg East quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Elk Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 3 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.

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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Elizabeth Park
• Kellogg
• Bradley
• Smelter Heights
• Smelterville
• Sweeney

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 137 workings within 5 miles of Elk Creek: 37 past producers, 35 occurrences, 33 prospects, 19 producers. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Shoshone County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 395355. 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.