Tensed, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tensed census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83870. It stands on Mission Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tensed quadrangle. 84 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,562 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTensed fell from 123 to 84 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 | 123 | |
| 2020 | 84 | -39 (-32%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Tensed quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Tensed between 1992 and 2020, burning about 428 acres in total. 14 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 32 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | STUBBLE FIRE |
| 6 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | ALLOT 375 |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | BUNNY HOP |
| 4 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | RUPERT |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | 4 CORNERS #3 |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | FOUR CORNERS |
| 24 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | WHISTOCKEN |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | KING 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Tensed: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bw-1001 Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Tensed Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Atkinson Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Lefors | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Mccleary Butte | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Tensed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tensed in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2014: 2 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | Flood | Tensed | $500,000 | A lot of field flooding and some road washouts in the area. Deep Creek came up and washed out a culvert and the road above it. Water also surrounded some homes along Deep Creek. Damage costs were estimated. |
| February 1999 | Flash Flood | Tensed | $250,000 | Heavy rain caused Hangman Creek to flood. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Tensed | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Heavy Rain | Tensed | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Tensed | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| De Smet | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sanders | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Willard | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Benewah | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mowry | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Plummer | 12.2 miles | 8 | |
| Plummer Junction | 12.7 miles | 9 | |
| North South Ski Bowl | 14.2 miles | 11 |
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 Tensed | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1509459 | 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 375436. 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.




