McCammon, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the South Bannock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83250. It stands on Harkness Creek. The Survey maps it on the McCammon quadrangle. 825 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,783 feet above sea level.
On record in McCammon
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 2 records
McCammon State Bank Buildinglisted 1979- H. O. Harkness Stable Buildinglisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresMcCammon grew from 809 to 825 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 809 | |
| 2020 | 825 | +16 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Mc Cammon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of McCammon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,151 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 150 acres | Idaho Falls District | MULLEN |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | MCCAMMON |
| 27 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | CRYSTAL SPRINGS |
| 27 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Idaho Falls District | STEEL BRDG |
| 20 September 2000 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | MULLEN |
| 9 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 644 acres | Idaho Falls District | TWO MILE |
| 8 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98 acres | Idaho Falls District | MARSH CREEK |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 acres | Idaho Falls District | MCCAMMON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of McCammon: 13 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robin | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Topaz (historical) | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Arimo | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Marsh Valley | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Lava Hot Springs | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Inkom | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Dempsey (historical) | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hawkins | 10.8 miles | 10 |
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 McCammon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1518198 | 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 396863. 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.



