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.
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
- Vinther and Nelson Cabinlisted 1982
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1901 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Coolin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Coolin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | HOT LINE |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COUGAR CREEK |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MID CAMEL |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COOLIN BURBS |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SHERWOOD POWERLINE |
| 29 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | STEAMBOAT BAY |
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Priest Lake Area Office | SHATTERED FIR |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | 255 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Step Prospect | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | 1950 | |
| Big Step Prospect | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Binarch Cr. Group | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Binarch Cr. Mining Co. Prospect | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Idaho | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Milwaukee Mines | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Nevada Mines Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Nevada Mines Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Soldier Creek Prospects | Beryllium, Mica | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| Sundance Mountain | Beryllium, Mica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolin | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Coolin | $100,000 | A 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 2023 | Debris Flow | Coolin | $500 | Rock slide along East Sore Road blocking one lane of traffic. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Coolin | - | Observer reported 1.25 hail. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolin | - | The Idaho Panhandle Forest Service reported multiple trees down in the Grand View area along Priest Lake due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Coolin | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwood Beach | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Outlet Bay | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Dickensheet Junction | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Lamb Creek | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Vans Corner | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Nordman | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Four Corners | 15.2 miles | 17 | |
| Colburn | 17.6 miles | 16 |
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 Coolin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5167490 | 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 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.








