Prichard, Idaho
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Murray census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83873. It stands on Prichard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prichard quadrangle. It stands 2,428 feet above sea level.
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 Prichard quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Prichard quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Prichard between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 46 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | JT LOST |
| 1 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BROWN CEDAR |
| 9 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.5 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | RIVER FLAT |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | KINGS |
| 7 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | WHITE CREEK |
| 5 August 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | CEDAR 15 |
| 4 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DELTA |
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Prichard: 14 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 4 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Grit and Rooster Goose Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | 1908 | |
| Edwards Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Four Square Mine | Lead, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Producer | 1884 | |
| Friday | Copper, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Coin Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | Gold, Scheelite | |
| Gold Coin Mine | Gold, Tungsten, Lead, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Jenkins Prospect | Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Jenkins Prospect | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Scheelite | |
| King Mine | Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1884 | |
| Lucky Strike and Lake Ck Prospect | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Prichard in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 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 2012 | Flood | Prichard | $340,200 | Several days of moderate rain and excessive snow melt lead to numerous road washouts, plugged culverts, minor rock slides, flooded basements, and impassible roads from flooding across Shoshone County. These roads included: Bear Creek, Ross Ranch, Riverview, French Gulch, Old CDA River, Golf Course, Kelly Gulch, Wier Gulch, Trapper Creek, Upper Pine Creek Bridge, Lynch Gulch, Galena Gulch, Daly Gulch, Nine Mile, Placer Creek, Revenue, Gulch, Mullan, Bingville, Willow Acres, Sunny Slopes, Nuchols Gulch, Tank Creek, North Side, Markwell (between 6th and 7th), and numerous sections of the Saint Joe River Road (Forest Road 50). In addition, the flooding resulted in waste water overflow in the communities of Mullan, Osburn, and Smelterville with no known health risks at the time of the report. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prichard | $1,000 | Prichard Tavern reported a small utility trailer blown roughly 150 feet. Several tree limbs down. Pea size hail also observed. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Prichard | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on a power line at Coeur D Alene River Road at mile post 27. |
| August 1999 | Wildfire | Prichard | - | 2 acre fire near Prichard |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Delta | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Thiard | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Nelson (historical) | 6.0 miles | 18 | |
| Murray | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ferguson | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Carbon Center | 7.9 miles | 18 | |
| Steamboat (historical) | 9.0 miles | 13 |
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 Prichard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058989 | 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 374535. 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.











