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Echo Beach, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83858. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spirit Lake West quadrangle.

Echo Beach within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Echo Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 368 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning37
Natural37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Recreation and ceremony22
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsN. EDWARDS PILE
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPIRIT CAVES
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCARCELLO
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWATERSHED
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsALTAMONT ROAD
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPIRIT RIDGE
26 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMARKER 16
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsALBERTICA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Echo Beach: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Excelsior Beach0.5 miles16
Silver Sands Beach0.5 miles16
Twinlow1.3 miles16
Fir Grove1.8 miles16
Sturgeon2.8 miles15
Ramsey4.0 miles15
Silver Beach4.3 miles16
Rathdrum5.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397677. 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.