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Calder, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Avery-Clarkia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83808. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calder quadrangle. It stands 2,185 feet above sea level.

Calder within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Calder between 1992 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 3 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
Natural43
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPANTS DOWN
30 September 2020Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBIG CREEK
30 September 2018Arson/incendiarism13 acresIdaho Department of LandsJACK
23 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMICA EQUIP
22 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOLD MOOSE
9 August 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMICA 23
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCALDER PEAK
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBURNT FORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Calder: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Copper, Copper. 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
Darrar ProspectCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Darrar TractSilver, Gold, CopperOccurrenceVein
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lester E. DarrarGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Big Eddy MineGold, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Shoshone County

Storms near this place

13 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calder in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 8 flood, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017FloodCalder$80,000The St. Joe River Gage at Calder recorded a rise above the Flood Stage of 13.0 feet at 5:15 AM PST on March 16th and crested at 13.1 feet later that morning. The river then dropped below Flood Stage during the afternoon. A second and higher rise above Flood Stage occurred at 11:00 PM on March 18th. The river crested at 13.5 feet at 6:30 AM on March 19th and then receded to below the Flood Stage by 6:00 PM March 19th.
March 2017FloodCalder$55,000Flooding along the St. Joe River at Calder, ID flooded and severely damaged a 1200 foot stretch of road leading into the town. In the town of Calder high water threatened homes and flooded basements. Roads along the river bottom were flooded and impassable.
July 2014HailCalder$10,000A storm producing damaging winds and quarter size hail tracked through northern reaches of Shoshone County crossing Interstate 90 between Pinehurst and Kellogg. Numerous cars at a car lot were dented from the large hail. Trees and powerlines were knocked down in Cataldo and along Coeur D Alene Road.
February 2017FloodCalder$5,000Flooding upstream of an Ice Jam which formed on the St. Joe River closed the St. Joe River Road at multiple locations between St. Maries and Calder.
February 2017FloodCalder$5,000Flooding along the St. Joe River flooded fields and low spots in and around the town of Calder. No damage was reported but the main road into town was imapassable due to high water.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCalder$5,000Power lines were blown down between Calder and the highway leading out of town. 18-inch cottonwood trees were also blown over.
May 2017Debris FlowCalder$3,000The Forest Service reported a debris flow cutting Prospector Creek Road near Calder which necessitated a temporary road closure.
May 2023Flash FloodCalder$250Debris and minor flooding found along parts of St. Joe River Road. Rapid rises noted on the river gage at Calder.
May 2018FloodCalder$250The USGS River Gage on the St. Joe River at Calder recorded a sharp rise to the Flood Stage of 13.0 feet at 10:45 AM PST on May 7th. The river crested right at the Flood Stage for about 4 hours before slowly receding after 3:00 PM.
April 2012FloodCalder-Calder Road was closed due to flooding on the St. Joe River. Residents of Calder had to detour eleven miles to get onto the main St. Joe River Road. No Damage was reported.
July 2012HailCalder-no account filed
January 2009FloodCalder-no account filed
May 2008FloodCalder-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shoshone 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
Herrick4.5 miles9
Erlmo7.6 miles9
Pocono7.9 miles8
Marble Creek8.6 miles9
Masonia (historical)12.0 miles9
Hoyt14.6 miles12
Ethelton15.2 miles12
Emerald Creek16.0 miles10

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 CalderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5018996The 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 396209. 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.