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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
Cedar Mountain 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. Parks and Lewellyn Creek Rd., Athol, 83801
- When was it listed? September 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Kootenai County Rural Schools TR
- Census division. Spirit Lake-Athol
- National Register reference number. 85002093 - 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
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Mountain School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK SPRINGS 2 |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | ARTHUR ROAD |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SOUTH CHILCO MTN. |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BOHN PILE |
| 20 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ALICE CT 09 |
| 18 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SIMMS LANE |
| 18 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | HOLLOW CEDAR |
| 1 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | REMINGTON RD. 17 |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Mountain School: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bradbury Prospect | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Molybdenum | Prospect | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite | |
| Cedar Mountain | Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Chilco Moly Deposit | Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| North Light | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Sage Prospect | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Athol, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1997 | Tornado (F2) | Athol | $50,000 | nws survey team concluded f2 tornado touched down and caused damage to old growth trees |
| January 2014 | Flood | Athol | $10,000 | A few homes in Athol were surrounded by standing water due to rain, snow melt and frozen soils. Homes that were affected by flood waters were located along Sienna Loop, East Seasons Road and on North Clagstone Road. Damage costs were estimated. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Athol | - | Observed reporter quarter size hail. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Athol | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayview School II | 5.2 miles | 1985 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002093 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.
- 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.