Wardner, Idaho
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kellogg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83837. It lies near Haystack Peak. The Survey maps it on the Kellogg West quadrangle. 192 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,657 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWardner grew from 188 to 192 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 | 188 | |
| 2020 | 192 | +4 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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
- 1909 USGS Cataldo quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Cataldo quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Kellogg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Kellogg West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Coeur D'Alene quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Kellogg West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
89 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Wardner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 215 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 3 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 | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WET HAT |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | MONTGOMERY GULCH |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PAGE |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PAPA BEAR |
| 16 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BEAR |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | PINE POINT |
| 9 August 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SHOSHONE PARK |
| 8 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | AIRPORT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 135 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 135 workings within 5 miles of Wardner: 51 past producers, 32 prospects, 26 occurrences, 18 producers. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benewah-Shoshone Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Big Creek Apex Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Producer | Vein | |
| Big Eight Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Antimony, Gold, Copper | Prospect | Vein | |
| Bismark Prospect | Silver, Sulfides | Prospect | Vein | |
| Black Hawk Mine | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bobby Anderson Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bunker Hill Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, Uranium, Antimony, Cadmium, Cobalt | Past Producer | 1885, 1886, 1991 | |
| Coeur D'Alene Big Creek | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Consolidated Silver | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Crescent Mine | Silver, Antimony, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1886, 1906, 1986 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wardner in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wardner | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kellogg | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Smelter Heights | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bradley | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Elizabeth Park | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Sweeney | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Smelterville | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Page | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Elk Creek | 4.1 miles | 19 |
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 Wardner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1511397 | 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 400161. 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.










