Pine Creek, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kellogg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83850. It stands on Pine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kellogg West quadrangle.
On record in Pine Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pine Creek Baptist Churchlisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1909 USGS Cataldo quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Cataldo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Kellogg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Kellogg West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Kellogg West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Pine Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 654 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WET HAT |
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WALL 23 |
| 30 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HAZENDORF |
| 3 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MILE POST 41 |
| 28 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BURNING RUBBER |
| 25 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LYNCH GULCH |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PAGE |
| 21 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BEAR CR MILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 97 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 97 workings within 5 miles of Pine Creek: 40 past producers, 18 occurrences, 18 prospects, 15 producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy-Matchlees Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Big Eight Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Black Hawk Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bluebird Prospect | Zinc, Lead, Antimony | Occurrence | 1914 | |
| Bobby Anderson Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bunker Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Antimony, Cadmium, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1885, 1886, 1991 | |
| Carbonate | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | Vein | |
| Crown Point Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Denver Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| East Page Project | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Creek in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Flood | Pine Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinehurst | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Page | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Enaville | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Smelterville | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kingston | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sweeney | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bradley | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Smelter Heights | 3.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397033. 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.
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.







