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Lane, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Harrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83810. It stands on Killarney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lane quadrangle. It stands 2,169 feet above sea level.

Lane within Kootenai County

On record in Lane

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Lane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 97 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 3 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
30 September 2006Debris and open burning6.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsEAGLE FIRE
29 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHIDDEN ISLAND
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestLANE CREEK
1 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresIdaho Department of LandsBLACKROCK RIDGE
7 August 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestLANE
7 August 1999Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSWAN SONG
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSWAN PEAK
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestCOTTONWOOD CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lane: 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coeur D'Alene Meadows Peat OccurrencePeatOccurrencePeat
Gray Eagle ProspectLead, Zinc, CopperProspectChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Jumbo Claim GroupLead, Zinc, SilverUnknown
Silver King ProspectZinc, LeadPast ProducerVein
Silver Mist ClaimLead, ZincOccurrence
Stroebel ProspectLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProspect1918

Every working recorded in Kootenai County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lane in 1 storm report in 2019: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindLane$1,000A member of the public reported multiple downed trees blocking Idaho State Route 3 west of Rose Lake.

Every storm 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
Smaq'wqn Hill4.0 miles10
Rose Lake4.1 miles14
Medimont4.2 miles10
Dudley6.4 miles14
Canyon8.1 miles14
Wolf Lodge10.2 miles14
Springston10.6 miles10
Lacon12.0 miles10

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 LaneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6485326The 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 399113. 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.