Athol, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83801. The Survey maps it on the Athol quadrangle. 709 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,392 feet above sea level.
On record in Athol
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 1 record
- Cedar Mountain Schoollisted 1985
Population over time
3 figuresAthol grew from 180 to 709 between 1920 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | 180 | |
| 2010 | 692 | |
| 2020 | 709 | +17 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1903 USGS Rathdrum quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Athol quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Athol quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Athol quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Athol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 212 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK SPRINGS 2 |
| 7 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GRANITE HILL |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | ARTHUR ROAD |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BOHN PILE |
| 20 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ALICE CT 09 |
| 18 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SIMMS LANE |
| 11 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Pend Oreille Area Office | P PINE |
| 1 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | REMINGTON RD. 17 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Athol: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athol in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Athol | $50,000 | nws survey team concluded f2 tornado touched down and caused damage to old growth trees |
| January 2014 | Flood | Athol | $10,000 | A few homes in Athol were surrounded by standing water due to rain, snow melt and frozen soils. Homes that were affected by flood waters were located along Sienna Loop, East Seasons Road and on North Clagstone Road. Damage costs were estimated. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Athol | - | Observed reporter quarter size hail. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athol | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wright (historical) | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| North Pole | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Belmont | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Corbin Junction | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Chilco | 6.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ramsey | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bayview | 8.1 miles | 18 | |
| Spirit Lake | 8.6 miles | 16 |
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 Athol | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q959366 | 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 376763. 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.






