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Silver Sands Beach, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Spirit Lake-Athol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83858. It stands on Miller Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spirit Lake West quadrangle.

Silver Sands Beach within Kootenai County

On record in Silver Sands Beach

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Silver Sands Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 364 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 7 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
Natural39
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony22
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking5
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsN. EDWARDS PILE
5 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPIRIT CAVES
4 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSCARCELLO
4 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWATERSHED
3 September 2017Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsALTAMONT ROAD
3 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsUPPER BRICKLE FIRE
29 September 2001Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsSPIRIT RIDGE
26 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMARKER 16

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Silver Sands Beach: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Kootenai 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
Echo Beach0.5 miles16
Excelsior Beach0.9 miles16
Fir Grove1.4 miles16
Twinlow1.8 miles16
Sturgeon3.2 miles15
Silver Beach3.9 miles16
Ramsey4.5 miles15
Spirit Lake5.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 398132. 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.