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
Upper Twin Lakes 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. Twin Lakes Rd., Silver Sands Beach, 83858
- When was it listed? September 1985
- Category. building
- Also known as. Kootenai County Rural Schools TR
- Census division. Spirit Lake-Athol
- Architectural style. Colonial Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 85002102 - 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
136 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Upper Twin Lakes School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 207 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 6 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 | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | N. EDWARDS PILE |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TURBO TRUCK |
| 5 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SPIRIT CAVES |
| 4 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SCARCELLO |
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WATERSHED |
| 3 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | ALTAMONT ROAD |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOWER BRICKLE FIRE |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | UPPER BRICKLE FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Upper Twin Lakes School: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| 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
4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Spirit Lake Historic District | 5.3 miles | 1979 |
| Rathdrum State Bank | 5.8 miles | 1974 | |
| Kootenai County Jail | 5.8 miles | 2001 | |
 | St. Stanislaus Kostka Mission | 5.9 miles | 1977 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 85002102 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.