BlockFrom the record
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Bonner County · listed in 1994 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Priest River Experimental Forest
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
The listing
- Address. Idaho Panhandle NF, Sandpoint
- When was it listed? July 1994
- Category. district
- Census division. Priest River
- National Register reference number. 94000661 - 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
90 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Priest River Experimental Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 136 acres in total. 44 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Priest Lake Area Office | 7 SPRINGS |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | EAST SIDE |
| 6 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PICK-UP TOAST |
| 28 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | TANGLEWOOD |
| 28 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | LOWER BIG CREEK |
| 23 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TWO DOG |
| 20 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BIG CREEK STRIKE |
| 20 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | CAMELOT |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Priest River Experimental Forest: 7 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Mining Group | Molybdenum, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Silver Mountain | Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Silver Mountain Prospect | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandpoint, the town this property stands in, in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | 1 killed, $10,000 | Tree fell on 17 year old male in backyard of home. Several reports of trees downed and tops snapped in the Sandpoint, Dover areas. There was a report of shingles being blown off roof. The BMX track was damaged by downed trees. Wind gusts estimated to be around 65 MPH. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | 1 hurt, $220,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Flash Flood | Sandpoint | $100,000 | significant street flooding |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $90,000 | numerous reports of damage from high winds |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $18,000 | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $5,000 | The Sandpoint Police Department reported 9 roads blocked by downed trees in and around Sandpoint from thunderstorm wind gusts. Time estimated from radar data. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | $2,000 | no account filed |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sandpoint | - | A trained spotter reported 0.88 inch size hail 4 miles south southwest of Sandpoint, Idaho. |
| July 2015 | Hail | Sandpoint | - | A member of the public reported 1.00 inch size hail 5 miles south of Sandpoint, Idaho. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Sandpoint | - | A member of the broadcast media reported that Oliver road was washed out from heavy rain in 5 miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Sandpoint | - | 3/4 inch diameter hail |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandpoint | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Sandpoint | - | 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.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 94000661 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.