BlockFrom the record
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Bonner County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Vinther and Nelson Cabin
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Eight Mile Island, Coolin, 83821
- When was it listed? July 1982
- Category. building
- Census division. Priest River
- National Register reference number. 82002507 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Vinther and Nelson Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 53 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PARADISE POINT |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COUGAR CREEK |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MID CAMEL |
| 30 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HUNTERS ECHO |
| 29 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | STEAMBOAT BAY |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | RUSSIAN FLATS |
| 24 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | OUT COLD |
| 2 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SCHNEIDER |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Vinther and Nelson Cabin: 5 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Creek Prospect | Copper, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Milwaukee Mine | Beryllium, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Milwaukee Mines Prospect | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Location | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Woodrat Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1905 | |
| Woodrat Mine | Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Past 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 | ||
| E. Priest Lake Prospect | Uranium | Prospect | Uraninite |
Storms near this property
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coolin, the town this property stands in, in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolin | $200,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Coolin | $100,000 | A severe thunderstorm over Bonner County during the evening of June 25th produced a tornado. The tornado formed over Priest Lake about two miles north of Coolin. The tornado moved onshore and passed through the town of Coolin before dissipating south of the town. Eight homes and businesses in the town of Coolin were damaged and the roof of a fire station was peeled off as the tornado passed through the town. |
| January 2023 | Debris Flow | Coolin | $500 | Rock slide along East Sore Road blocking one lane of traffic. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Coolin | - | Observer reported 1.25 hail. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolin | - | The Idaho Panhandle Forest Service reported multiple trees down in the Grand View area along Priest Lake due to thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| July 2006 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Hail | Coolin | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Lamb Creek School | 5.9 miles | 1999 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 82002507 in Record Group 79. |
| Bonner County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.