Eastport, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Moyie Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83826. It stands on Line Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eastport quadrangle. It stands 2,628 feet above sea level.
On record in Eastport
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 2 records
- Snyder Guard Station Historical Districtlisted 1983
- Spokane & International Railroad Construction Camplisted 1994
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Bonners Ferry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Eastport quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Eastport between 1992 and 2019, burning about 498 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BRASS CREEK |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | HARVEY CREEK |
| 4 August 2003 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | ADDIE |
| 31 August 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | EASTPORT |
| 29 August 2017 | Natural | 3.2 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BOUNDARY |
| 22 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BRASS MONKEY |
| 20 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | LOWER SPRUCE |
| 2 August 2018 | Natural | 473 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | COPPER MOUNTAIN |
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 Eastport: 3 unknowns, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold. 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 T Prospect | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Copper Creek | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Geneva Claims | Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Copper Falls Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Geneva Claims | Lead | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eastport in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2013: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addie | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Good Grief | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sinclair | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Meadow Creek | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Copeland | 12.9 miles | 13 | |
| Eileen | 15.4 miles | 12 | |
| Porthill | 16.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ritz | 18.2 miles | 13 |
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 Eastport | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5330886 | 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 396438. 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.






