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McDonalds, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It stands on Medicine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sherlock Peak quadrangle.

McDonalds within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of McDonalds between 1994 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 33 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
Natural33
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestILLINIOS PEAK
13 September 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestNO SWEAT
13 September 1995Naturalunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsGRAVES PEAK
1 September 1998Natural2.5 acresLolo National ForestCEDAR CREEK
9 August 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestMEDICINE CR #25
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acreLolo National Forestnot named
7 August 2011Natural2.0 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestWISDOM
7 August 1999Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestVERDE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of McDonalds: 7 prospects, 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, 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
Clearwater Gold and Copper ProspectGold, CopperPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Medicine Creek ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Monumental RidgeKyanite, AluminumProspect
California Creek ProspectCopper, GoldProspect
Clearwater MineGold, CopperOccurrence
Illinois PeakCopperProspect
Riley GroupCopperUnknown
Riley ProspectCopperOccurrenceVein
Bostonia Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer
Caledonia Creek PlacerGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shoshone 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
Olsons2.5 miles11
Gold Creek15.3 miles11
Adair32.3 miles12
Falcon35.2 miles12
Roland36.3 miles12
Stetson37.2 miles12
Avery37.7 miles12
Pearson37.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399349. 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.