Chatcolet, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Plummer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83851. It stands on Pedee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chatcolet quadrangle. It stands 2,129 feet above sea level.
On record in Chatcolet
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 3 records
Chatcolet CCC Picnic and Camping Arealisted 1995
Plummer Point CCC Picnic and Hiking Arealisted 1995
Rocky Point CCC Propertieslisted 1995
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Plummer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Plummer SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chatcolet quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Chatcolet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 420 acres in total. 23 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | HIKE IN THE PARK |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | St. Joe Area Office | CLIFF |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | Mica Area Office | CONKLING |
| 7 September 2020 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MANIFOLD |
| 5 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | RUSSELL |
| 3 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.4 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | POWDERHORN |
| 29 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCKY |
| 26 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HIXSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Chatcolet: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Stone, Dimension, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatcolet Lake Clay Occurrence | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Ellis Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Round Lake Peat Occurrence | Peat | Occurrence | Peat | |
| Benewah Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | Clay | |
| Benewah Lake Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence | Clay |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chatcolet in 2 storm reports in 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Flood | Chatcolet | $200,000 | There were numerous reports of water over roadways and washouts. Road closures included the south end of Sagle Road, Talache Road at Camp Stidwell, Blacktail Road near Little Blacktail Mountain Road, Cocolalla Loop Road near address 3900 and Sportsmans Access Road. Partial road washouts included Jewel Lake Road at mile marker 2.5, Schneider Road between mile marker 3 and 4, Nettleingham Road, Snow Valley Road, Petterson Road and Boyer Road near Vedelwood Road. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Chatcolet | - | A severe thunderstorm developed northwest of the St. Joe National Forest. The thunderstorm intensified as it moved northeast between Heyburn State Park and St. Maries. The thunderstorm proceeded to head northward as a new updraft developed across Benewah County into Kootenai 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawleys Landing | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Rocky Point | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pedee | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Silvertip Landing | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Parkline | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ramsdell | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Plummer Junction | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Plummer | 7.1 miles | 8 |
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 Chatcolet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17508603 | 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 371974. 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.





