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Coolin, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Priest River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83821. It stands on Chase Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coolin quadrangle. 138 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,526 feet above sea level.

Coolin within Bonner County

On record in Coolin

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Coolin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 65 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
Natural65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Debris and open burning5
Smoking4
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestHOT LINE
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOUGAR CREEK
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMID CAMEL
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOOLIN BURBS
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSHERWOOD POWERLINE
29 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSTEAMBOAT BAY
27 September 2020Naturalunder an acrePriest Lake Area OfficeSHATTERED FIR
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of Lands255 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Coolin: 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, Zinc, 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
Big Step ProspectGold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrence1950
Big Step ProspectGold, Zinc, Silver, MolybdenumProspect
Binarch Cr. GroupIronProspect
Binarch Cr. Mining Co. ProspectGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceVein
IdahoCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Milwaukee MinesGold, Silver, ZincUnknown
Nevada Mines ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceVein
Nevada Mines ProspectLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Soldier Creek ProspectsBeryllium, MicaOccurrence1941
Sundance MountainBeryllium, MicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bonner County

Storms near this place

12 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coolin in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
June 2007Thunderstorm WindCoolin$200,000no account filed
June 2004Tornado (F0)Coolin$100,000A severe thunderstorm over Bonner County during the evening of June 25th produced a tornado. The tornado formed over Priest Lake about two miles north of Coolin. The tornado moved onshore and passed through the town of Coolin before dissipating south of the town. Eight homes and businesses in the town of Coolin were damaged and the roof of a fire station was peeled off as the tornado passed through the town.
January 2023Debris FlowCoolin$500Rock slide along East Sore Road blocking one lane of traffic.
June 2022HailCoolin-Observer reported 1.25 hail.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindCoolin-The Idaho Panhandle Forest Service reported multiple trees down in the Grand View area along Priest Lake due to thunderstorm winds.
May 2008HailCoolin-no account filed
July 2006HailCoolin-no account filed
August 2006HailCoolin-no account filed
August 2006HailCoolin-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindCoolin-no account filed
June 2004HailCoolin-no account filed
August 2000HailCoolin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Sherwood Beach1.3 miles16
Outlet Bay2.5 miles18
Dickensheet Junction3.7 miles18
Lamb Creek4.8 miles12
Vans Corner5.7 miles12
Nordman11.8 miles12
Four Corners15.2 miles17
Colburn17.6 miles16

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 CoolinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5167490The 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 396325. 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.