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French Creek, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Riggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83549. It stands on French Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kelly Mountain quadrangle.

French Creek within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

88 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of French Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,149 acres in total. 80 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
Natural80
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
7 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresPayette National ForestFALL CREEK
7 September 2011Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestHACKETT
23 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acrePayette National ForestFRENCH
14 September 2010Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestINDIAN SUMMER
7 August 2016Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSMITH CAN
6 August 2020Natural32 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsKELLY
6 August 2001Naturalunder an acrePayette National ForestFALL CREEK
5 August 2009Natural5.0 acresPayette National ForestFRENCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of French Creek: 19 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, 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
Buttercup Placer Group MineGold, Peat, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Edna L D-Square Ferry PlacersGold, Titanium, ThoriumProspect
Gross Creek PlacerREE, GoldPast Producer
Marygold #1-#8Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper, GoldProspect1951
Robbins Creek PlacerUranium, Vanadium, Thorium, TitaniumOccurrencePlacer
Elkhorn ProspectGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Grouse Creek PlacerUranium, VanadiumOccurrencePlacer
Lone Pine MineGold, SilverOccurrence
Banner ProspectGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
BayhorseSilver, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Idaho 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
Seaburg3.6 miles12
Green4.7 miles11
Cable Car Crossing4.9 miles11
Turner5.3 miles11
Florence5.4 miles10
Sampson6.6 miles10
Riggins Hot Springs7.7 miles13
Burgdorf11.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396516. 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.