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Rock Creek, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hollister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83334. It lies near Cedar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Stricker Butte quadrangle. It stands 4,108 feet above sea level.

Rock Creek within Twin Falls County

On record in Rock 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.

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.

Fires near this place

33 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,520 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Firearms and explosives use4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 2016Firearms and explosives useunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSUGARLAOF
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictMCMULLEN CREEK
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictWELLS
16 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictINDIAN SPRINGS 2
1 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.6 acresIdaho Falls DistrictARTESIAN
5 August 2009Natural30 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSUGARLOAF
25 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictFOOTHILLS
22 August 2013Natural20 acresIdaho Falls DistrictANTELOPE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek: 11 occurrences, 9 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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
Pumicite DepositVolcanic MaterialsOccurrence
QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationPumiceProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Twin Falls County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Creek in 4 storm reports in 2014: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014HailRock Creek-A Storm Chaser reported 1 inch hail.
August 2014Flash FloodRock Creek-The Idaho Ranger2 remote automated weather station reported a gust of 69 MPH.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindRock Creek-Trail Gulch raws.
August 2014Flash FloodRock Creek-A flash flood on McMullen Creek washed out roads near the intersection of E 2900 N and N 3500 E.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Striker3.0 miles9
Hansen6.8 miles8
Bills7.0 miles8
Kimberly7.7 miles8
Artesian City7.7 miles8
Bickel (historical)8.3 miles8
Murtaugh8.7 miles8
McMillan9.8 miles9

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 Rock CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q117026691The 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 398056. 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.