Macon, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Camas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83327. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Macon quadrangle.

Macon within Camas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Blaine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Macon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Macon between 1997 and 2003, burning about 53 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
5 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Twin Falls District	MACON
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Twin Falls District	CHICKENSPR
31 August 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Twin Falls District	HORSEMTN
30 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Twin Falls District	HWY20MP163
30 July 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Twin Falls District	HWY20MP168
20 July 2000	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Twin Falls District	MACONLAKE
11 May 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Twin Falls District	MOONSTONE1
12 October 2003	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Twin Falls District	MOONSTONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camas County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Macon: 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Thorium, Uranium, REE, Pumice, Lead, Thorium. 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
Angus Brooks Pumice Deposit Prospect	Pumice	Occurrence
Camp Creek	Thorium, Zirconium, Uranium, REE	Prospect
Camp Creek Placer	Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Thorium, Uranium, REE	Occurrence	Placer
Unnamed Location	Lead	Prospect

Every working recorded in Camas 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
Blaine	2.9 miles	11
Rands	5.8 miles	11
Selby	8.9 miles	11
Magic	9.7 miles	10
Fairfield	13.1 miles	10
Soldier	13.4 miles	10
Punkin Corner	19.4 miles	10
Carrietown	20.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396834. 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.