Cabinet, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Clark Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83811. It lies in Cabinet Gorge. The Survey maps it on the Cabinet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Clark Fork quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Cabinet quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Cabinet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | BLUE CREEK |
| 4 September 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | LAST DAY |
| 30 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | RUEN ROAD |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | LONE CEDAR |
| 23 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | THREE TREE |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | 207 |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | PHANTOM |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | STATE LINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cabinet: 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabinet | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit 087 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hummer | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Weir Prospect | Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Carpie Prospect | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Location | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Carpie Mine | Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| R. J. Price Mining Co. | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cabinet in 2 storm reports between 2006 and 2012: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Flood | Cabinet | - | CocoRahs observers reported widespread 1 to 2.5 inches of rainfall on the morning of the 30th. The media relayed that Highway 200 from U.S. Highway 95 to the Montana had several spots with water over the roadway. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Cabinet | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Fork | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Denton | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| East Hope | 16.0 miles | 16 | |
| Hope | 16.7 miles | 16 | |
| Glengary | 18.6 miles | 16 | |
| Granite | 18.7 miles | 16 | |
| Garfield | 20.1 miles | 16 | |
| Trestle Creek | 20.1 miles | 14 |
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 Cabinet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16874285 | 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 396207. 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.






