De Smet, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tensed census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83824. It lies near King Valley. The Survey maps it on the Tensed quadrangle. 145 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,598 feet above sea level.
On record in De Smet
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Coeur d'Alene Mission of the Sacred Heartlisted 1975 · 0.1 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresDe Smet fell from 175 to 145 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 175 | |
| 2020 | 145 | -30 (-17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Tensed quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Tensed quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of De Smet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 460 acres in total. 21 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | MOUNTAINSIDE |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SJS MOUNTAINSIDE |
| 6 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | ALLOT 375 |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | DESHIELDS |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | BUNNY HOP |
| 4 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | RUPERT |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | 4 CORNERS #3 |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | FOUR CORNERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of De Smet: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bw-1001 Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Tensed Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Atkinson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Mccleary Butte | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tensed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tensed | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sanders | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Benewah | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Willard | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Mowry | 12.0 miles | 8 | |
| Plummer | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Plummer Junction | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| North South Ski Bowl | 13.7 miles | 11 |
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 De Smet | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3704052 | 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 397609. 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.




