Fernwood, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83830. It stands on Finn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fernwood quadrangle. 337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,733 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Fernwood quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Fernwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Fernwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Fernwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 92 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 4 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 | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | St. Joe Area Office | 61 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | St. Joe Area Office | MILEPOST 61.5 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | St. Joe Area Office | LAST |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TRAM CREEK |
| 25 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TYSON CREEK |
| 18 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | RENFRO ROAD |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | EAST ELK PK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fernwood: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Garnet, Gold, Stone, Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benewah Shoshone Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Emerald Creek Mill | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Fernwood Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Ifi Fernwood Pit | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Tyson Placer | Gold, Tellurium | Producer | Gold | |
| Carpenter Creek | Garnet | Producer | ||
| Fernwood Mill | Garnet | Past Producer | ||
| White Elephant Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fernwood in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Flood | Fernwood | - | The Coeur D Alene Press reported that the St Maries River flooded it banks at Fernwood covering a manhole in town, leaking wastewater into the river. There were no direct impacts to health or wildlife. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyson Creek Station | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Renfrew | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Santa | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wayland | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mashburn | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Flat Creek | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Emida | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cardwell | 11.3 miles | 10 |
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 Fernwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3250763 | 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 396484. 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.





