Nordman, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Priest River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83848. It lies near Bismark Meadows. The Survey maps it on the Priest Lake NW quadrangle. It stands 2,628 feet above sea level.
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
- 1967 USGS Priest Lake NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Bonners Ferry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Priest Lake NW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Nordman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38 acres in total. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PARADISE POINT |
| 4 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | GRANITE CREEK |
| 4 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | OUT COLD |
| 2 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | JOST CREEK |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | GRANDVIEW |
| 9 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | REEDER BAY |
| 9 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | KALISPELL PILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Nordman: 10 occurrences, 10 past producers, 7 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, Tungsten, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotchkiss Claim Prospect | Molybdenum, Gold, Tungsten | Occurrence | Gold, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite | |
| Idaho Copper Prospect | Copper, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Lakeview Prospect | Mica, Beryllium | Occurrence | Beryl | |
| Milwaukee Mine | Beryllium, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Milwaukee Mines Prospect | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Nickel Plate Prospect | Silver, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Nickelplate | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Poorboy-Slowpoke | Molybdenum, Tungsten, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Baldwin Group | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lakeview Claim No 1 | Beryllium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nordman in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Flood | Nordman | $2,000,000 | Periodic heavy rain and spring time snow melt created saturated soil conditions which promoted numerous debris flows and widespread areal flooding through out Bonner County from the middle to the end of March. A train carrying 50 to 60 empty coal cars derailed near Kootenai after flooding undermined the tracks. A landslide knocked a home off it's foundation and carried it down a hillside near Sagle, with six more homes threatened. Numerous roads were closed due to flooding or cut by debris flows. Bonner County was included in a Presidential Disaster Declaration issued as a result of the damage caused by this episode. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nordman | $40,000 | Priest Lake State Park reported numerous trees down. RV and Cabins throughout the park received extensive damage. A few cars were totaled by falling trees. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nordman | $6,000 | A tree fell on a moving vehicle killing the driver. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Nordman | $3,000 | Kalispell Boat Launch and boat at Priest Lake damaged and dislodged from strong wind gusts. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vans Corner | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lamb Creek | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Outlet Bay | 10.0 miles | 18 | |
| Sherwood Beach | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| Coolin | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dickensheet Junction | 12.7 miles | 18 | |
| Four Corners | 24.0 miles | 17 | |
| Colburn | 27.2 miles | 16 |
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 Nordman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14687259 | 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 397948. 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.






