BlockFrom the record
One of 45 National Register listings published here for Kootenai County · listed in 1985 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Cave Lake School
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. ID 3, Medimont, 83861
- When was it listed? September 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Kootenai County Rural Schools TR
- Census division. Worley
- National Register reference number. 85002092 - 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
55 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Cave Lake School between 1992 and 2019, burning about 286 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | CASSANDRA HILLS |
| 14 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 12 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | ROBINSON CREEK |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HARRISON WYE |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | ROSEWOOD |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BLACK LAKE |
| 6 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WELCOME HOME |
| 6 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BLACK LAKE RESORT |
Mines and quarries near this property
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Cave Lake School: 4 unknowns, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butte Mining Company Prospect | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Engle Mtn. | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Green Back Claim Group | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Greenback Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Jumbo Claim Group | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Rainbow No. 3 Prospect | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | 1907, 1930 | |
| Stone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Indian Springs School II | under 500 feet | 1985 |
 | Mullan Road | 5.8 miles | 1990 |
| Lane School II | 6.8 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002092 in Record Group 79. |
| Kootenai County | All 45 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.