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Sandpoint, Idaho

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sandpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83864. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sandpoint quadrangle. 8,639 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,103 feet above sea level.

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Sandpoint within Bonner County

On record in Sandpoint

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 10 records

Population over time

2 figures

Sandpoint grew from 7,365 to 8,639 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
20107,365
20208,639+1,274 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Sandpoint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 350 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 1 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCHWEITZER MTN
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.6 acresPend Oreille Area OfficeEAGLE CREST
3 September 2016Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLONE PINE
2 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGREENHORN
16 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeLIGNITE
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsBURIED CEDAR
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestECHO RIDGE
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeGOLD ONE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Sandpoint: 22 past producers, 8 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver. 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
Big Hill MineGold, Silver, Copper, BismuthPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Boyer MinesZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, GoldProspect
Hayes MineSilver, LeadOccurrence
Hayes ProspectLead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Iron Deposit ProspectIron, Copper, GoldOccurrence
Iron Deposit ProspectGold, CopperOccurrence
Iron OccurrenceIron, SilverOccurrence
Kootenai ProspectZinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence1928
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Big HillGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bonner County

Storms near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandpoint in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSandpoint1 killed, $10,000Tree fell on 17 year old male in backyard of home. Several reports of trees downed and tops snapped in the Sandpoint, Dover areas. There was a report of shingles being blown off roof. The BMX track was damaged by downed trees. Wind gusts estimated to be around 65 MPH.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSandpoint1 hurt, $220,000no account filed
May 1998Flash FloodSandpoint$100,000significant street flooding
May 1997Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$90,000numerous reports of damage from high winds
June 2004Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$25,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$18,000no account filed
July 2019Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$5,000The Sandpoint Police Department reported 9 roads blocked by downed trees in and around Sandpoint from thunderstorm wind gusts. Time estimated from radar data.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindSandpoint$2,000no account filed
July 2015HailSandpoint-A trained spotter reported 0.88 inch size hail 4 miles south southwest of Sandpoint, Idaho.
July 2015HailSandpoint-A member of the public reported 1.00 inch size hail 5 miles south of Sandpoint, Idaho.
December 2015FloodSandpoint-A member of the broadcast media reported that Oliver road was washed out from heavy rain in 5 miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho.
June 1998HailSandpoint-3/4 inch diameter hail
June 2003Thunderstorm WindSandpoint-no account filed
June 2003HailSandpoint-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bonner 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
Ponderay2.2 miles17
Kootenai3.1 miles17
Lignite3.4 miles18
Dover3.5 miles17
Sagle5.1 miles18
Bronx5.2 miles17
Algoma5.6 miles18
Culver5.9 miles14

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 SandpointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q913220The 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 398095. 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.