Mink Creek, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Mink Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83263. It stands on Birch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mink Creek quadrangle. It stands 5,148 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Preston quadrangle1:96000
- 1918 USGS Preston quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mink Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Mink Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Mink Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,460 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | ONEIDA NARROWS |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | WORM CREEK |
| 21 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 782 acres | Idaho Falls District | ONEIDA |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 911 acres | Idaho Falls District | ONEIDA |
| 6 August 1992 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | ONEIDA 4 |
| 4 August 1992 | Natural | 20 acres | Idaho Falls District | ONEIDA 3 |
| 14 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Upper Snake Field Office | ONEIDA DAM |
| 14 August 1996 | Natural | 120 acres | Idaho Falls District | ONEIDA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mink Creek in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mink Creek | - | The Treasureton Summit ITD site recorded 58 mph wind gust. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida Station | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Glendale | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Treasureton | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Cleveland | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Riverdale | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mound Valley | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mapleton | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Egypt | 11.1 miles | 12 |
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 Mink Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6867797 | The 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 396904. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








