Mackay Bar, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83611. It stands on South Fork Salmon River. The Survey maps it on the Mackay Bar quadrangle.

Mackay Bar within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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.

1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Warren quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Mackay Bar quadrangle1:24000
1995 USGS Mackay Bar quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

46 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Mackay Bar between 1994 and 2020, burning about 80,793 acres in total. 42 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	42
Recreation and ceremony	2
Other causes	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
6 September 1994	Natural	2.0 acres	Payette National Forest	BUZZER
5 September 1996	Recreation and ceremony	20 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	WILSON BAR
2 September 2009	Other causes	25 acres	Payette National Forest	MACKEY
9 August 2019	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	MACKAY
8 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	Payette National Forest	SLEEPY FIRE
7 August 2006	Natural	1.5 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	COVE
4 August 2002	Natural	3.0 acres	Payette National Forest	THREE MILE
4 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	LOWER MOCCASIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Mackay Bar: 7 prospects, 4 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, Iron, Iron, Titanium, Garnet, Titanium, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Jersey Creek	Silica	Occurrence
Painter Bar	Gold, Garnet, Titanium, Iron	Past Producer	Placer
Painter Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	1935
Excelsior Bar Placer	Gold, Iron, Titanium	Occurrence	Placer
Huddleson Placer	Gold, Iron, Titanium	Prospect	Placer
Dodge Placer North	Gold, Titanium, Iron	Prospect	Placer
Dodge Placer South	Gold, Titanium, Iron	Prospect	Placer
Mountain Sheep Placer	Gold, Titanium, Iron	Prospect	Placer
Salmon Placer North	Gold, Titanium, Iron	Prospect	Placer
Salmon Placer South	Gold, Titanium, Iron	Prospect	Placer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fourway Junction	8.2 miles	8
Jim Moore Place	11.7 miles	8
Warren	11.9 miles	12
Cross Trails	12.0 miles	11
Dixie	12.5 miles	10
Midasville	12.9 miles	10
Concord	17.2 miles	13
Calendar	19.2 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396832. 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.