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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.

Saint Maries within Benewah County

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Saint 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,402
20202,357-45 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

92 since 1992

Regional 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 burning22
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony11
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsUPPER SYRINGA
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreNorthern Idaho AgencyCASSANDRA HILLS
8 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS 2
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTURTLE
6 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCHRISTMAS HILLS
30 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPARTY SCENE
29 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWOLF DRAW
27 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsKITTLES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Benewah County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carmon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Robert Hyde ProspectIronOccurrenceVein
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceBrick ClayOccurrenceClay
Dement PitStoneProducer
Mauro PitStoneProducer
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
St. Maries Clay OccurrenceKaolinOccurrence
Joseph QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Benewah County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Meadowhurst0.5 miles10
Riverdale1.1 miles10
Milltown1.2 miles10
Chat'u'washa'lqs Bluff2.6 miles10
Omega4.7 miles10
Lotus6.5 miles10
Ramsdell6.6 miles9
Alder Creek6.8 miles10

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 MariesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1517312The 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.