McMillan, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Twin Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83301. The Survey maps it on the Twin Falls quadrangle.

McMillan within Twin Falls County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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 Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1964 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1976 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of McMillan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 718 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 7 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	26
Fireworks	23
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Debris and open burning	9
Arson/incendiarism	7
Firearms and explosives use	6
Natural	4
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 1997	Natural	1.0 acres	Twin Falls District	SHOFALLSN
28 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.5 acres	Twin Falls District	DEVILS CORRAL 4
27 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.5 acres	Twin Falls District	FIELD
21 September 2013	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	HIDDEN LAKE
17 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Twin Falls District	NSHOFALLS
16 September 2012	Firearms and explosives use	3.4 acres	Twin Falls District	ROCK PILE
15 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Twin Falls District	DEVILSPEN
15 September 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Twin Falls District	SHO FALLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls 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 McMillan: 9 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Chromium, Iron, Calcium. 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
Snake River Placer Deposits	Gold, Chromium, Iron	Past Producer
Twin Falls Lime Production	Calcium	Producer
Snake River Placers	Gold	Past Producer	1862
Colonial Concrete Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Colonial Concrete Snake River Dredg	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Twin Falls 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
Twin Falls	2.5 miles	9
Kimberly	3.1 miles	8
Hansen	6.4 miles	8
Knull	7.2 miles	9
Bills	7.2 miles	8
Curry	7.2 miles	9
Striker	7.8 miles	9
Godwin	8.4 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397902. 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.