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McCrea Place, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Riggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83549. It stands on Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Heavens Gate quadrangle.

McCrea Place within Idaho County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of McCrea Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,546 acres in total. 66 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
Natural66
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
7 September 1999Natural2.5 acresPayette National ForestCASTLE COUGAR
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWallowa-Whitman National ForestDEVILS TRAIL
5 September 1997Natural3.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsWILD HORSE
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCORA
4 September 2007Natural3.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsSAMPSON
3 September 2011Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCHAIN SPRINGS
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePayette National ForestCOPPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of McCrea Place: 6 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Copper, Copper, Silver. 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
Mayflower GroupGold, SilverProspect
Oregon Group ClaimsCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Blue Gulch GroupGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Holbrook Saddle ProspectGold, Copper, SilverProspect
White RoseGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Wyant Creek ProspectGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Cora Gulch ProspectGold, CopperProspect
McCrea Creek ProspectCopperProspect

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Potter Place2.0 miles15
DeVeny Place5.7 miles15
Pollock6.3 miles13
Gotzinger7.1 miles13
Riggins11.8 miles13
Riggins Hot Springs18.0 miles13
Lucile18.3 miles10
French Creek25.2 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122570610The 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 396867. 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.