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Wolf Lodge, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Harrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83814. It lies near Rutherford Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Lodge quadrangle.

Wolf Lodge within Kootenai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Lodge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 60 acres in total. 27 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
Natural27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning14
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBONNELL
4 September 2010Smokingunder an acreMica Area OfficeFERNAN HILL FIRE
30 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
3 September 2013Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestELK MOUNTAIN
2 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsHWY 97
18 September 1994Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestALDER CREEK
13 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forest4TH OF JULY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kootenai County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Wolf Lodge: 8 prospects, 6 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Tungsten, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beauty Bay ProspectLead, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten, Uranium, ArsenicProspectChalcopyrite, Galena
Blue Bird ProspectLead, Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Tungsten, ZincProspectGalena
Blue Creek Clay DepositAluminumOccurrence
Caribou MineSilver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast Producer1918
Coeur d'Alene Mountain ProspectLead, Zinc, ArsenicProspect1929
Elk Mountain GroupTungsten, Silver, Lead, Zinc, CopperProspectScheelite
Elk Mountain QuarryStoneProducer
Fourth of July CanyonZinc, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gray Wolf ProspectLead, Copper, Zinc, BismuthPast Producer1917

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
Eddyville6.3 miles16
Fernan Lake Village7.2 miles16
Coeur d'Alene9.0 miles15
Clarksville9.9 miles17
Dalton Gardens10.2 miles15
Lane10.2 miles15
Rose Lake10.4 miles14
Gibbs10.5 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122565302The 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 398377. 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.