Rathdrum, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Post Falls-Rathdrum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83858. It stands on Rathdrum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rathdrum quadrangle. 9,211 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,211 feet above sea level.
On record in Rathdrum
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 3 records
St. Stanislaus Kostka Missionlisted 1977- Kootenai County Jaillisted 2001
- Rathdrum State Banklisted 1974
Population over time
2 figuresRathdrum grew from 6,826 to 9,211 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 | 6,826 | |
| 2020 | 9,211 | +2,385 (+35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rathdrum quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Spirit Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Rathdrum quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Rathdrum between 1992 and 2019, burning about 186 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 6 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | FLATS |
| 4 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SCARCELLO |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WATERSHED |
| 3 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | ALTAMONT ROAD |
| 29 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BURLINGTON |
| 24 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SCENIC LODGE 21 |
| 22 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | NORTH CIRCLE |
| 20 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WILKINSON RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rathdrum: 7 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powder Horn Pit | Stone | 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 | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rathdrum in 5 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rathdrum | 2 hurt, $15,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto two cars traveling in opposite directions along Idaho Highway 41 in Rathdrum. Two of the occupants of one vehicle suffered injuries requiring hospitalization. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rathdrum | $27,000 | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rathdrum | $500 | Half of a tree in Rathdrum City Park blew over from strong winds behind a squall line. |
| September 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Rathdrum | - | A brief Funnel Cloud was reported by the public to local broadcast media near Rathdrum. Time estimated from radar data. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rathdrum | - | 60 mph gust |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haycrop | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Sturgeon | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Coeur d'Alene Junction | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Excelsior Beach | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Howelltown | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Twinlow | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Echo Beach | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Sands Beach | 5.5 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 Rathdrum | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1516471 | 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 398027. 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.






