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Bonners Ferry, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bonners Ferry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83805. It lies near O'Callaghans Island. The Survey maps it on the Bonners Ferry quadrangle. 2,520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,896 feet above sea level.

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Bonners Ferry within Boundary County

On record in Bonners Ferry

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Bonners Ferry fell from 2,543 to 2,520 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,543
20202,520-23 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Bonners Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 10 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 burning47
Natural36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4

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
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRIVERSIDE
9 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFRENCH CONNECTION
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWAGON WHEEL RD
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKootenai National Wildlife RefugeMYRTLE CREEK
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOONSHADOW
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCRAWFISH
25 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSNOW RIP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bonners Ferry: 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfides, Stone. 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
Arsenopyrite VeinArsenic, Iron, SulfidesOccurrence
Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow CreekSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boundary County

Storms near this place

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonners Ferry in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flood, 2 debris flow. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2019Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry1 hurt, $20,000Thunderstorm winds swept through Boundary County. One man was injured while pinned down by a fallen tree near Bonners Ferry. Fire and utility crews cleared over 20 downed trees from numerous roads in Bonner County.
March 2016Debris FlowBonners Ferry$500,000Emergency management reported a significant slow slide more than one quarter mile long, timbered and somewhat steep near Cemetery road in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. City engineers and road and bridge workers were out surveying the situation.
May 1998Flash FloodBonners Ferry$500,000Mudslides from heavy rain.
April 1998HailBonners Ferry$100,0001 3/4 inch hail 3 miles north of Bonners Ferry. COnsiderable damage to cars in the area
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry$76,500no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry$50,000wind damage power lines blown down near Kootenai river
May 2023Debris FlowBonners Ferry$1,000Debris flow from the Russell Mountain burn scar due to rain and snowmelt at the higher elevations. Mud, logs and rocks moved downslope and covered parts of Ball Creek Rd.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry$500Observer reported downed trees in Bonners Ferry. A gust of 46 MPH was recorded in Bonners Ferry.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry$500Media reported several trees down at the fairgrounds. A gust of 46 MPH was recorded in the area.
September 2016HailBonners Ferry-A trained weather spotter reported 0.75 inch hail one mile northwest of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
September 2016HailBonners Ferry-A member of the public reported 0.88 inch hail 3 miles north northwest of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-An emergency manager reported that a couple of trees fell due to thunderstorm wind gusts. One car was struck and a low voltage line knocked down by the fallen trees. The time of report was based off radar data.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-An emergency manager reported a tree top blew down between two homes at the Kootenai Tribal Mission. The time of the report was based off of radar data.
February 2015FloodBonners Ferry-The Boundary County Emergency Manager reported water ponding on or flowing across numerous roads due to heavy rain and melting snow. Ruby Creek and Deep Creek went over their banks into the flood plain. Water was over Highland Flats Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-A severe thunderstorm brought high wind gusts that blew over several trees. Pea size hail and heavy rain was also observed with the thunderstorm.
April 1998HailBonners Ferry-1 inch hail from sheriffs office and spotters
June 1998Heavy RainBonners Ferry-1 inch of rain in 15 minutes
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-60 mph gust and 1/2 inch hail
June 2006FloodBonners Ferry-no account filed
July 2006HailBonners Ferry-no account filed
July 2006HailBonners Ferry-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boundary 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
Schnoors1.2 miles12
Threemile Corner2.9 miles12
Allens Spur4.3 miles12
Moravia4.5 miles12
Crossport5.1 miles12
Burns6.1 miles12
Deep Creek6.2 miles12
Ritz6.7 miles13

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 Bonners FerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1650615The 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 396163. 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.