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Kingston, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kellogg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83839. It lies near French Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cataldo quadrangle. It stands 2,169 feet above sea level.

Kingston within Shoshone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Kingston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 557 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 5 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
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsSKEEL GULCH
9 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWET HAT
8 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWALL 23
30 September 2014Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHAZENDORF
3 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMILE POST 41
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBURNING RUBBER
25 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLYNCH GULCH
22 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPAGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Shoshone County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 58 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Kingston: 25 past producers, 12 producers, 9 occurrences, 9 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Zinc. 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
Amy-Matchlees MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Big Eight ProspectSilver, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Gold, CopperProspectVein
Black Hawk MineZinc, Lead, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Blackhawk MineZinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Bluebird ProspectZinc, Lead, AntimonyOccurrence1914
Bobby Anderson MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
CarbonateZinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, SilverProducerVein
Cataldo Clay DepositBrick ClayProspectUnknown
Crown Point MineSilver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
East Page ProjectLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite

Every working recorded in Shoshone County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kingston in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 7 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2011FloodKingston$1,000,000Flooding was reported on the Coeur D'Alene River along Coeur D'Alene River Road into Enaville and downstream to the border of Kootenai County near Cataldo. Coeur D'Alene River Road was closed between mile post 2 and 19 due to flooding of three to four feet of water over portions of the roadway. Other reports of flooding occurred at the north end of Montgomery Gulch and Moon Gulch. Moon Gulch road was washed out crossing Beaver Creek trapping an individual on his property, multiple motor vehicles and homes flooded, and landslides were also reported. The Coeur D'Alene River at Cataldo went above its flood stage of 43 feet at 2330PST on the 16th; crested at 45.94 feet at 2345PST on the 17th; and then went back below flood stage at 415PST on the 19th.
March 2017FloodKingston$200,000The Coeur D'Alene River Gage at Cataldo reported a rise above the Flood Stage of 43.0 feet at 7:30 AM PST on March 15th. The river crested at 46.1 feet at 3:15 PM March 15th and then dropped below flood stage. The river then rose to Flood Stage again on March 18th, cresting at 44.7 feet at 3:00 PM on March 19th. The river dropped below Flood Stage at 4:30 PM March 20th, ending the flooding episode.
December 2025FloodKingston$20,000Flooding along the Coeur d'Alene River near Kingston. Flooding of homes. A swift water rescue of three people from a home. Damage cost is estimated.
September 1998WildfireKingston$20,000A 40 acre fire spread out of control, due mostly to breezy conditions.
March 2022FloodKingston$10,000There were locations across the central Idaho Panhandle that the Coeur d'Alene River reached action or minor flood stage: Cataldo and Enaville. Low laying areas, fields, and campgrounds saw minor flooding. The Coeur d'Alene River View Road, from Cataldo to Kingston, was closed due to water seeping over the road. Enaville had minor road flooding and closures as well. The flooding was initiated by heavy rainfall and snow melt. There were no injuries or fatalities.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindKingston$5,000Numerous trees were downed along Coeur D Alene River Road between mile posts twenty and twenty-eight. Eighteen trees downed on Miller Way in Prichard ranging in height between 75 and 105 feet.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindKingston$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line on School House Loop Road.
February 2015FloodKingston-Law Enforcement reported minor flooding on Riverview Drive along Coeur d' Alene River between Cataldo and Pinehurst, Idaho near exit 43 on Interstate 90. Local citizens reported up to 18 inches of water over road in spots.
April 2012FloodKingston-Portions of Riverview Drive along the Coeur d'Alene River were flooded. Stretches of Old Coeur d'Alene River Road along the north fork of the Coeur d'Alene River was flooded and impassable upstream of Bumble Bee Bridge. Fifty people on Old Coeur d'Alene River Road were issued voluntary evacuation notices stating to leave or be stranded for the weekend. No damage was reported.
May 2008FloodKingston-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Shoshone 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
Enaville1.4 miles14
Pinehurst1.9 miles14
Pine Creek2.6 miles14
Cataldo3.1 miles14
Page3.7 miles14
Linfor4.5 miles14
Smelterville4.7 miles14
Sweeney5.4 miles14

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 KingstonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3197119The 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 396747. 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.