Elmira, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sandpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83864. It stands on White Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elmira quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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
- 1951 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Elmira between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 1 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 | 29 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HOT FOOT |
| 9 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ELK HOLLOW |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Pend Oreille Area Office | IRON HORSE |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SANDY BEAVER |
| 5 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | KABLOOM |
| 3 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SARDINE |
| 22 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BULL |
| 20 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 24 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | POS 032 SAMUELS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Elmira: 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Silver, Lead, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis Property | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Davis Property Prospect | Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Hottentot Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Hottentot Claims | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmira in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 flood, 1 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2011 | Flood | Elmira | $1,790,000 | The emergency manager of Bonner County relayed numerous road damage reports from across the county due to flooding from March 31st. The roads included in this report were Fish Creek, Sandborn Creek, West Shingle Mill, Bottle Bay, Dufort, Peninsula, Eastriver, Blacktail, Beare, Eureka, Helen Thompson, Moore Loop, South First Street, Spring Haven Drive, Wells, North Riley Creek, Mountain Creek, Snow Valley, Forest Siding, Comeback Lane, Cocolalla Loop, and LeClerc Road. Several other private roads were also damaged from flooding. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmira | $15,000 | A member of the public reported downed trees on power lines across Elmira Road due to thunderstorm winds. Time of report was estimated based on radar. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Elmira | $10,000 | U.S. Forest Service reported a partial road closure on Forest Service Road 280 near Grouse Creek. This was due to Grouse Creek flooding and flood damage caused by spring snow melt and heavy rain. There were no known injuries or damage to buildings. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Elmira | $1,000 | A trained spotter reported hail with a diameter of 1 inch and heavy hain with a passing thunderstorm near Elmira. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Elmira | - | An emergency manager noted several roads were closed from water over the roadway along and near Schewitzer creek, Sand creek, Grouse creek, and the Upper Pack river. |
| November 2014 | Debris Flow | Elmira | - | KHQ TV reported a mudslide 14 miles east of Bonners Ferry, Idaho which covered the BNSF railroad tracks. Slide was 20 feet deep, 50 feet wide, and 200 feet long. The slide halted train traffic for 48 hours until it was cleared. |
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.
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 Elmira | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058971 | 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 381439. 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.







