Sanders, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Tensed census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83870. It stands on Indian Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sanders quadrangle.
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 Tensed quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Sanders quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Sanders between 1992 and 2020, burning about 702 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 2 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 | 35 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 | Northern Idaho Agency | MOUNTAINSIDE |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SJS MOUNTAINSIDE |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | JOHN'S CREEK |
| 9 September 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | D.JOHNSON |
| 7 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | MT SIDE FIRE |
| 6 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | ALLOT 375 |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | DESHIELDS |
| 3 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | HANG SANDERS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sanders: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Varney Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Atkinson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Prospect | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Patterson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanders in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanders | $10,000 | A section of a wall and roof was blown off a tribal maintenance shop in Tensed. Several large branches were blown down near a wastewater plant one mile south of Tensed. In northern sections of the county, numerous branches three to four inches in diameter were blown down at the Saint Joe Landing Campground. |
| July 2014 | Hail | Sanders | $2,000 | A splitting supercell thunderstorm tracked southwest to northeast through Benewah county. The right mover produced hail ranging from a quarter to half dollar over southwestern reaches of the county. This included the community of Santa. The left moving cell produced nickel to quarter size hail across northwestern reaches of the county including Chatcolet Lake. |
| September 2024 | Debris Flow | Sanders | $1,000 | Public report via social media stated rocks on Highway 12 within the Gwen Fire burn scar. This was confirmed by dispatch. Rocks were cleared and highway remained open. Nearby gauges reported 0.40 of an inch to 0.80 of an inch of rain over the last 18 hours. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sanders | - | A weather spotter near Sanders reported multiple trees snapped and uprooted in nearby yards and wooded areas due to thunderstorm wind gusts. The trees were 12 to 20 inches in diameter. No structure damage beyond a downed power line was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Smet | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| North South Ski Bowl | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tensed | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Benewah | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Emida | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lotus | 12.8 miles | 10 | |
| Alder Creek | 12.8 miles | 10 | |
| Rover | 13.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398093. 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.





