Outlet Bay, Idaho
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Priest River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83856. It stands on Lamb Creek. The Survey maps it on the Outlet Bay quadrangle. It stands 2,474 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Outlet Bay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Outlet Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Outlet Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 65 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | HOT LINE |
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | 639C |
| 5 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COOLIN BURBS |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SHERWOOD POWERLINE |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | POWERLINE |
| 29 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | STEAMBOAT BAY |
| 27 September 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Priest Lake Area Office | SHATTERED FIR |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | 255 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Outlet Bay: 7 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Step Prospect | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | 1950 | |
| Big Step Prospect | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Binarch Cr. Group | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Binarch Cr. Mining Co. Prospect | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Idaho | Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Milwaukee Mines | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Nevada Mines Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Nevada Mines Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| New Discovery | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Uranium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Outlet Bay in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2014: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outlet Bay | $2,000,000 | Widespread wind damage was observed across the cities of Priest Lake, Sandpoint, Ponderay, Kootenai, Oden, and Lake Pend Oreille. Hundreds of trees ranging from eight to twenty two inches in diameter were snapped or downed. Some trees landed on homes, others took out miles of power lines and poles. At one point after the storm, all of Sandpoint, Idaho was without power. A spotter in Clark Fork stated fifteen foot trees were almost touching the ground while sixty foot trees were bending at 45 degree angles. The most widespread damage was along the Highway 200 corridor between Hope and Sandpoint. The Elk Golf Course in this corridor lost thirteen trees. The Sandpoint AWOS, also in this area, measured sustained winds of 40 mph with gusts to 56 mph before the power outage. A roof of a storage shed was blown off in downtown Sandpoint. Numerous boats and docks on Lake Pend Oreille were damaged from waves that ranged between three to six feet. Significant tree damage was observed on the south side of the lake in Bottle Bay between the 3800th and 5016th blocks. All trees were leaning to the east southeast. Residents interviewed during a storm survey mentioned the winds lasted roughly 40 minutes. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Outlet Bay | - | Multiple uprooted trees damaged at least three homes on Kalispell Bay of Priest Lake. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Outlet Bay | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamb Creek | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Coolin | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sherwood Beach | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Dickensheet Junction | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Vans Corner | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Nordman | 10.0 miles | 12 | |
| Four Corners | 15.1 miles | 17 | |
| Colburn | 20.1 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 Outlet Bay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7112155 | 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 396993. 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.








