Wallace, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Osburn-Wallace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83873. It stands on Ninemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle. 791 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,730 feet above sea level.
On record in Wallace
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 8 records
Northern Pacific Railway Depotlisted 1976
Edward Pulaski Tunnel and Placer Creek Escape Routelisted 1984
US Post Office-Wallace Mainlisted 1989
Wallace 1910 Fire Memoriallisted 1984
Wallace Carnegie Librarylisted 1981
Wallace Historic Districtlisted 1979- Nine Mile Cemeterylisted 2025
- Wallace Historic District (Boundary Increase)listed 1983
Population over time
2 figuresWallace grew from 784 to 791 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 | 784 | |
| 2020 | 791 | +7 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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 Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1914 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Wallace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 30 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 | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOST LAKE |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BAD TOM MTN |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | ROCK CREEK |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DUDLEY |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BAD TOM |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DUDLEY |
| 26 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MOUNT PULASKI |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | NUCKOLS GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 154 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 154 workings within 5 miles of Wallace: 51 occurrences, 46 past producers, 32 prospects, 17 producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bonanza Gold Prospect | Silver, Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Caladay Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Caladay Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1969 | |
| Castle Rock Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Coeur D'Alene District | Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Copper, Cadmium | Producer | 1878, 1884 | |
| Coeur D'Alene Mines | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Uranium, Cobalt | Producer | Vein | |
| Coeur Mine | Silver, Antimony, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | 1885, 1892, 1998 | |
| East Coeur D'Alene District | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Galena Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Antimony, Uranium | Producer | 1885, 1922 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wallace in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2006: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Flood | Wallace | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallace | $2,000 | no account filed |
| January 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wallace | - | Quarter size hail |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Park | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| McCarthy | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Gentry | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Silverton | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Webb | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Blackcloud | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Bunn | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Golconda | 3.0 miles | 17 |
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 Wallace | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1516495 | 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 392796. 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.










