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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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
W. A. Bernd Buildinglisted 1983
Amanda Nesbitt Houselisted 1982
Charles A. and Mary Olson Houselisted 2001
Sandpoint Burlington Northern Railway Stationlisted 1973
Sandpoint Community Halllisted 1986
Sandpoint Federal Buildinglisted 2001
Sandpoint High Schoollisted 1999
Sandpoint Historic Districtlisted 2018- Co-op Gas & Supply Companylisted 2020
- Priest River Experimental Forestlisted 1994
Population over time
2 figuresSandpoint 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,365 | |
| 2020 | 8,639 | +1,274 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1911 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SCHWEITZER MTN |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.6 acres | Pend Oreille Area Office | EAGLE CREST |
| 3 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LONE PINE |
| 2 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | GREENHORN |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | LIGNITE |
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BURIED CEDAR |
| 1 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | ECHO RIDGE |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | GOLD ONE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hill Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Bismuth | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Boyer Mines | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Hayes Mine | Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Hayes Prospect | Lead, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Iron Deposit Prospect | Iron, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Deposit Prospect | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Occurrence | Iron, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Kootenai Prospect | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | 1928 | |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Big Hill | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | 1 killed, $10,000 | Tree 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | 1 hurt, $220,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Sandpoint | $100,000 | significant street flooding |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $90,000 | numerous reports of damage from high winds |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $18,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $5,000 | The Sandpoint Police Department reported 9 roads blocked by downed trees in and around Sandpoint from thunderstorm wind gusts. Time estimated from radar data. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sandpoint | - | A trained spotter reported 0.88 inch size hail 4 miles south southwest of Sandpoint, Idaho. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sandpoint | - | A member of the public reported 1.00 inch size hail 5 miles south of Sandpoint, Idaho. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Sandpoint | - | A member of the broadcast media reported that Oliver road was washed out from heavy rain in 5 miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sandpoint | - | 3/4 inch diameter hail |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Sandpoint | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Sandpoint | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q913220 | 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 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.








