BlockGold Creek, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It stands on Simmons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Conrad Peak quadrangle. It stands 3,379 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1918 USGS St Regis quadrangle1:125000
- 1919 USGS St. Regis quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Simmons Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Conrad Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Conrad Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Gold Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,634 acres in total. 63 started naturally. None 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 | 63 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SIMBONE |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 151 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MOSQUITO |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 138 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | FLYING BEAVER |
| 29 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MOSQUITO CREEK |
| 23 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | CORNWALL |
| 21 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | GOLD |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 19 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gold Creek: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Creek Prospects | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Whitetail Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Conrad's Crossing Prospect | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| Conrads Crossing | Gold, Copper | Occurrence |
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.
| Wikidata item Q5578687 | 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 396564. 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.