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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.

McCammon within Bannock County

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

Population over time

2 figures

McCammon 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.

YearPeople Change
2010809
2020825+16 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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.

Fires near this place

45 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distribution150 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMULLEN
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMCCAMMON
27 September 2019Natural2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCRYSTAL SPRINGS
27 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSTEEL BRDG
20 September 2000Natural2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMULLEN
9 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use644 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTWO MILE
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined98 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMARSH CREEK
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined44 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMCCAMMON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bannock 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Robin5.8 miles10
Topaz (historical)5.9 miles9
Arimo6.4 miles10
Marsh Valley9.4 miles10
Lava Hot Springs9.9 miles10
Inkom10.6 miles14
Dempsey (historical)10.7 miles12
Hawkins10.8 miles10

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 McCammonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1518198The 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.