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.
Population over time
2 figuresMoyie 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 718 | |
| 2020 | 822 | +104 (+14%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moyie Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Bonners Ferry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Moyie Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
143 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FRENCH CONNECTION |
| 7 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BIRTHDAY PARTY |
| 6 September 2007 | Smoking | 20 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | MOYIE |
| 5 September 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SILVER SPRING |
| 4 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | DAWSON RIDGE |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CATCH 22 |
| 27 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | PERKINS RIDGE |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MELVILLE ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenopyrite Vein | Arsenic, Iron, Sulfides | Occurrence | ||
| Eileen Mining Company Prospect | Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Copper, Galena | |
| Gold Shaft Group Prospect | Lead, Silver, Copper, Uranium | Prospect | Galena | |
| Jane Mine | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Anglesite | |
| Moyie Yaak District | Tungsten, Gold, Molybdenum, Lead, Silver | Producer | QUARTZ VEINS/SHEAR ZONE, PLACER | |
| Perkins Lake Pit | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Peters and Mitchum Property Prospect | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | Underground | |
| Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone | Producer | ||
| Skin Creek Occurrence | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crossport | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Eileen | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Katka | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Threemile Corner | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Meadow Creek | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Bonners Ferry | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Schnoors | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Allens Spur | 9.5 miles | 12 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1514639 | 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 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.






