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Meadow Creek, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Moyie Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83805. It stands on Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meadow Creek quadrangle.

Meadow Creek within Boundary County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Meadow Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. 49 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking8
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestCAR
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKootenai Valley Area OfficeSTUMP
7 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBIRTHDAY PARTY
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsICICLE
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use18 acresIdaho Department of LandsDAWSON RIDGE
3 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestPLACER CREEK
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestDEER RIDGE
29 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCATCH 22

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary 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 Meadow Creek: 6 prospects, 5 unknowns, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Gold, 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
Downey ProspectSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincProspect
Eileen Mining Company ProspectLead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper, Galena
Klondike ProspectLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, NickelProspectVein
Moyie Yaak DistrictTungsten, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, SilverProducerQUARTZ VEINS/SHEAR ZONE, PLACER
Perkins Lake PitLimestone, DimensionProducer
Peters and Mitchum Property ProspectLead, Silver, ZincProspectUnderground
Railroad ProspectCopper, SilverPast Producer
Silver Spoon ProspectLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProspectVein
Skin Creek OccurrenceLead, Copper, Silver, ZincProspect
Lolo GroupGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Boundary 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
Eileen3.0 miles12
Moyie Springs6.7 miles12
Sinclair7.6 miles11
Crossport8.9 miles12
Good Grief9.0 miles11
Katka9.1 miles12
Addie9.2 miles11
Threemile Corner9.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396874. 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.