Saint Charles, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83272. It stands on Saint Charles Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saint Charles quadrangle. 161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,965 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Charles
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Wilhelmina Nelson House and Cabinslisted 1976 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresSaint Charles grew from 156 to 161 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 156 | |
| 2010 | 131 | -25 (-16%) |
| 2020 | 161 | +30 (+23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS St Charles quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Saint Charles quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Saint Charles between 2006 and 2018, burning about 219 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | GREEN |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | CRIB SPRING |
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 211 acres | Idaho Falls District | WORM CREEK |
| 21 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | BEAR LAKE ASSIST 1 |
| 12 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | NORTH BEACH |
| 2 October 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | MINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Saint Charles: 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Lead, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Zinc, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackstone Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Zinc | Past Producer | 1896 | |
| Cambrian Dolomite | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Clark Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Idaho Gem Group | Lead, Molybdenum | Prospect | Replacement | |
| Worm Creek Prospect | Manganese, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Manganese Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Manganese Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Welker Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Worm Creek Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifton | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fish Haven | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Bloomington | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bear Lake Hot Springs | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Turnpike | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Glencoe | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Paris | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bear Lake Sands | 8.4 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 Saint Charles | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1509723 | 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 389824. 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.







