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Moyie Springs, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Moyie Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83845. It stands on Moyie River. The Survey maps it on the Moyie Springs quadrangle. 822 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,215 feet above sea level.

Moyie Springs within Boundary County

Population over time

2 figures

Moyie Springs grew from 718 to 822 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010718
2020822+104 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Moyie Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 144 acres in total. 44 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony21
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFRENCH CONNECTION
7 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBIRTHDAY PARTY
6 September 2007Smoking20 acresIdaho Department of LandsMOYIE
5 September 2017Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSILVER SPRING
4 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use18 acresIdaho Department of LandsDAWSON RIDGE
29 September 2000Debris and open burning5.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsCATCH 22
27 September 2009Natural2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsPERKINS RIDGE
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMELVILLE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Moyie Springs: 8 unknowns, 6 producers, 5 prospects, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Gold, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfides. 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
Arsenopyrite VeinArsenic, Iron, SulfidesOccurrence
Eileen Mining Company ProspectLead, Copper, SilverPast ProducerCopper, Galena
Gold Shaft Group ProspectLead, Silver, Copper, UraniumProspectGalena
Jane MineLead, SilverPast ProducerAnglesite
Moyie Yaak DistrictTungsten, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, SilverProducerQUARTZ VEINS/SHEAR ZONE, PLACER
Perkins Lake PitLimestone, DimensionProducer
Peters and Mitchum Property ProspectLead, Silver, ZincProspectUnderground
Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow CreekSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneProducer
Skin Creek OccurrenceLead, Copper, Silver, ZincProspect
Unnamed LocationCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Boundary 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
Crossport2.5 miles12
Eileen3.7 miles12
Katka3.8 miles12
Threemile Corner5.9 miles12
Meadow Creek6.7 miles12
Bonners Ferry7.2 miles12
Schnoors8.4 miles12
Allens Spur9.5 miles12

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 Moyie SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1514639The 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 396934. 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.