Blanchard, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Blanchard-Glengary census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83804. It stands on Poirier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blanchard quadrangle. 379 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,267 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBlanchard grew from 261 to 379 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 261 | |
| 2020 | 379 | +118 (+45%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Blanchard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Blanchard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Blanchard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 848 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 2 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 | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CROSSROADS |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CHARGER |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 684 acres | Pend Oreille Area Office | HUNTER 2 |
| 5 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CONVERTER |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | DEER TRAIL ROAD |
| 27 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | JEFFERSON |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HUMMINGBIRD |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TIRE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Blanchard: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Silica, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glander | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Hanna | Iron, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Hanna Prospect | Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paisley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sandpit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blanchard in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blanchard | $54,000 | no account filed |
| July 2023 | Hail | Blanchard | $4,000 | One inch hail reported in Blanchard. The thunderstorm wind also knocked down trees and powerlines near Kelso Lake Road near Spirit Lake and Barrett Road near Priest River. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Blanchard | - | A trained spotter reported 0.75 inch hail in Blanchard, Idaho. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blanchard | - | Several power lines downed across the southwestern portion of Bonner 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.
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 Blanchard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3640847 | 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 396151. 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.








