Saint Maries, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the St. Maries census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83861. It stands on Saint Maries River. The Survey maps it on the Saint Maries quadrangle. 2,357 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,192 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Maries
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Benewah County Courthouselisted 1987 · 0.2 miles away
St. Maries Masonic Temple No. 63listed 2011 · 0.3 miles away
Kootenai Innlisted 1979 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSaint Maries fell from 2,402 to 2,357 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 | 2,402 | |
| 2020 | 2,357 | -45 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS St. Maries quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS St. Maries quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Saint Maries between 1992 and 2020, burning about 396 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 4 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 | 22 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | UPPER SYRINGA |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | CASSANDRA HILLS |
| 8 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CHRISTMAS HILLS 2 |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TURTLE |
| 6 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CHRISTMAS HILLS |
| 30 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PARTY SCENE |
| 29 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WOLF DRAW |
| 27 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | KITTLES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Saint Maries: 4 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin, Stone, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Robert Hyde Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Vein | |
| St. Maries Clay Occurrence | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Dement Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Mauro Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| St. Maries Clay Occurrence | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| St. Maries Clay Occurrence | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Joseph Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadowhurst | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Riverdale | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Milltown | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Omega | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lotus | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Ramsdell | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Alder Creek | 6.8 miles | 10 |
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 Maries | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1517312 | 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 398082. 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.





