Bayview, Idaho
18 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 83803. It lies near Old Doe Draw. The Survey maps it on the Bayview quadrangle. It stands 2,096 feet above sea level.
On record in Bayview
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
- Bayview School IIlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Bayview quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Bayview quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Bayview quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Bayview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,262 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK SPRINGS 2 |
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,405 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BERNARD |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CAPE HORN PEAK |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SOUTH CHILCO MTN. |
| 25 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | INDIAN GIVER |
| 18 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SIMMS LANE |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BEAK HOUSE |
| 5 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BERNARD PEAK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Bayview: 7 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Iron, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview Limestone Pit | Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cape Horn | Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Cape Horn Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lakeview Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| North Light | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Pend Oreille District | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Producer | FISSURE VEINS, SHEAR ZONE | |
| Tungsten Occ. #2 Bonner County | Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Iron Occurrence | Iron, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Creek Iron Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Gold Creek Iron Deposit | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bayview in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 debris flow, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Bayview | $10,000 | East Cape Horn Road near Bayview was washed out cutting off residents for two days while crews repaired the road and removed mud and debris. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Bayview | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Bayview | $2,000 | Observer shared photo on social media of one inch sized hail stone around 1520LST. The storm also knocked out power Northwest of Hope Idaho. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Bayview | - | Lake Pend Oreille spilled out of its banks flooding portions of Lakeview Avenue in Bayview, ID. The lake enveloped recreational sites, docks, and ramps. There was also minor flooding of yards and the parking lot of the Scenic Bay Marina. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Athol | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wright (historical) | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Corbin Junction | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| North Pole | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Chilco | 12.7 miles | 17 | |
| Ramsey | 15.4 miles | 15 | |
| Garwood | 15.4 miles | 15 |
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 Bayview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4874993 | 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 396083. 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.







