Osburn, Idaho
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Osburn-Wallace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83849. It stands on Twomile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Osburn quadrangle. 1,567 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,526 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresOsburn grew from 1,555 to 1,567 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 | 1,555 | |
| 2020 | 1,567 | +12 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1901 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1932 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Burke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Osburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Osburn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Osburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 127 acres in total. 49 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 | 49 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOST LAKE |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DUDLEY |
| 6 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | FISH DECK |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DUDLEY |
| 26 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MOUNT PULASKI |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | MONTGOMERY GULCH |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | NUCKOLS GULCH |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | REVENUEGUL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 160 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 160 workings within 5 miles of Osburn: 46 past producers, 45 occurrences, 35 prospects, 23 producers. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Sunshine Antimony Refinery | Antimony | Plant | ||
| Argentine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Benewah-Shoshone Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Big Creek Apex Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Producer | Vein | |
| Bismark Prospect | Silver, Sulfides | Prospect | Vein | |
| Caladay Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Caladay Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1969 | |
| California Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1902 | |
| Capital Silver Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Castle Rock Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Osburn in 4 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osburn | $198,000 | Strong wind gusts knocked down at least four large trees in the town of Osburn, Idaho. The toppled trees caused extensive damage to a motor home, car, storage shed, car port, and patio cover. One tree clipped a house resulting in minor damage. Two roofs were completely blown off from primary residences and several other roofs were damaged. Several power poles and power-lines were damaged. The Nuckols RAWS, located at 4000 feet just outside the town of Osburn, measured sustained winds of 31 mph with gusts to 60 mph. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osburn | $10,000 | Downed trees and power lines were reported. One resident reported windows broken out of his home. Trees were blown down across roadways in some rural parts of Shoshone County. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Osburn | $5,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| September 2024 | Lightning | Osburn | $1,000 | Tree was struck by lightning. Tree split into two with one side falling on to the fence and house. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Nuckols | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Elk Creek | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Wallace | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| McCarthy | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Blackcloud | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Elizabeth Park | 5.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bunn | 5.3 miles | 18 |
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 Osburn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1518061 | 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 396990. 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.











