Post Falls, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Post Falls-Rathdrum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83854. It lies near Ford Rock. The Survey maps it on the Post Falls quadrangle. 38,485 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,182 feet above sea level.
On record in Post Falls
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 6 records
Cougar Gulch School IIIlisted 1985
Post Falls Community United Presbyterian Churchlisted 1984
Samuel and Ann Young Houselisted 1997- Spokane Valley Land and Water Company Canallisted 2003
- Treaty Rocklisted 1992
- Washington Water Power Bridgeslisted 1996
Population over time
2 figuresPost Falls grew from 27,574 to 38,485 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 | 27,574 | |
| 2020 | 38,485 | +10,911 (+40%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1903 USGS Rathdrum quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Coeur D'Alene NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Post Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Post Falls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Fireworks | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 515 |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | CARPENTER |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | STATESIDE SPOT |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | FLATS |
| 29 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BURLINGTON |
| 26 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MEYERS RD 31 |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HIENE |
| 16 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK BLUFF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Post Falls: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murphy Brothers State Line Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cpi Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dalton Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fuller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Post Falls in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Post Falls | $15,000 | Wind gusts to 62 mph on Lake Coeur d'Alene. |
| May 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Post Falls | - | A brief funnel cloud was reported by the public in northeast Post Falls. |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Post Falls | - | A member of the public photographed a weak funnel cloud near Rathdrum. The funnel cloud quickly dissipated. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Post Falls | - | On the evening of the 21st, a severe thunderstorm gust front moved across Kootenai County at around 715pm to about 815pm PST. The hardest hit towns were Post Falls and Rathdrum. In the town of Post Falls, many large trees were down along with about 10,000 homes without power. There were a few homes damaged by the winds. The town of Rathdrum had about 200 homes without power and trees down. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Post Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Post Falls | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Post Falls | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Post Falls | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Junction | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| McGuire | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| East Greenacres | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Coeur d'Alene Junction | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pleasant View | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Haycrop | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| State Line Village | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Howelltown | 4.9 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 Post Falls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q737345 | 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 397061. 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.






