Lamb Creek, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Priest River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83856. The Survey maps it on the Priest Lake SW quadrangle. It stands 2,556 feet above sea level.
On record in Lamb Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lamb Creek Schoollisted 1999 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Priest Lake SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Bonners Ferry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Priest Lake SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Lamb Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | HOT LINE |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | 639C |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COOLIN BURBS |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SHERWOOD POWERLINE |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 29 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | STEAMBOAT BAY |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | 255 FIRE |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | LINDA LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Lamb Creek: 9 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binarch Cr. Group | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Binarch Cr. Mining Co. Prospect | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Idaho | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Milwaukee Mine | Beryllium, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Milwaukee Mines | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Milwaukee Mines Prospect | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Nevada Mines Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Nevada Mines Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Rat Group | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Uranium | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vans Corner | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Outlet Bay | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Dickensheet Junction | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Sherwood Beach | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Coolin | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Nordman | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Four Corners | 16.1 miles | 17 | |
| Colburn | 22.4 miles | 16 |
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 Lamb Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6481029 | 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 396762. 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.






