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Photograph of Russell and Pearl Soderling House
Photograph by Ian Poellet, CC BY-SA 4.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Russell and Pearl Soderling House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

From the record

“The Russell and Pearl Soderling House, in Bonners Ferry in Boundary County, Idaho, was built in 1938. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.”

Wikipedia article Russell and Pearl Soderling House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Boundary County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Soderling, Russell and Pearl, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 217 W. Madison St., Bonners Ferry, 83805
  • When was it listed? January 1998
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Bonners Ferry
  • National Register reference number. 97001650 - 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Russell and Pearl Soderling House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 214 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 10 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 burning47
Natural37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6
Fireworks5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsRIVERSIDE
9 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsFRENCH CONNECTION
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWAGON WHEEL RD
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresKootenai National Wildlife RefugeMYRTLE CREEK
30 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPETERSON
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOONSHADOW
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCRAWFISH
25 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSNOW RIP

Every fire recorded in Boundary County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Russell and Pearl Soderling House: 6 producers, 6 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Arsenic, Iron, Sulfides, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Arsenopyrite VeinArsenic, Iron, SulfidesOccurrence
Pit No 1 Dist No 15 Cow CreekSand and Gravel, Construction, StoneProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Boundary County

Storms near this property

22 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonners Ferry, the town this property stands in, in 22 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 2 flood, 2 debris flow. The reports record 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry1 hurt, $20,000Thunderstorm winds swept through Boundary County. One man was injured while pinned down by a fallen tree near Bonners Ferry. Fire and utility crews cleared over 20 downed trees from numerous roads in Bonner County.
March 2016Debris FlowBonners Ferry$500,000Emergency management reported a significant slow slide more than one quarter mile long, timbered and somewhat steep near Cemetery road in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. City engineers and road and bridge workers were out surveying the situation.
May 1998Flash FloodBonners Ferry$500,000Mudslides from heavy rain.
April 1998HailBonners Ferry$100,0001 3/4 inch hail 3 miles north of Bonners Ferry. COnsiderable damage to cars in the area
June 2007Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry$76,500no account filed
April 1998Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry$50,000wind damage power lines blown down near Kootenai river
May 2023Debris FlowBonners Ferry$1,000Debris flow from the Russell Mountain burn scar due to rain and snowmelt at the higher elevations. Mud, logs and rocks moved downslope and covered parts of Ball Creek Rd.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry$500Observer reported downed trees in Bonners Ferry. A gust of 46 MPH was recorded in Bonners Ferry.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry$500Media reported several trees down at the fairgrounds. A gust of 46 MPH was recorded in the area.
September 2016HailBonners Ferry-A trained weather spotter reported 0.75 inch hail one mile northwest of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
September 2016HailBonners Ferry-A member of the public reported 0.88 inch hail 3 miles north northwest of Bonners Ferry, Idaho.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-An emergency manager reported that a couple of trees fell due to thunderstorm wind gusts. One car was struck and a low voltage line knocked down by the fallen trees. The time of report was based off radar data.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-An emergency manager reported a tree top blew down between two homes at the Kootenai Tribal Mission. The time of the report was based off of radar data.
February 2015FloodBonners Ferry-The Boundary County Emergency Manager reported water ponding on or flowing across numerous roads due to heavy rain and melting snow. Ruby Creek and Deep Creek went over their banks into the flood plain. Water was over Highland Flats Road.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-A severe thunderstorm brought high wind gusts that blew over several trees. Pea size hail and heavy rain was also observed with the thunderstorm.
April 1998HailBonners Ferry-1 inch hail from sheriffs office and spotters
June 1998Heavy RainBonners Ferry-1 inch of rain in 15 minutes
May 1997Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-60 mph gust and 1/2 inch hail
June 2006FloodBonners Ferry-no account filed
July 2006HailBonners Ferry-no account filed
July 2006HailBonners Ferry-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindBonners Ferry-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boundary County

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 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Boundary County Courthouse0.4 miles1987
US Post Office-Bonners Ferry Main0.5 miles1989
Fry's Trading Post0.6 miles1984
North Side School0.9 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 97001650 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Boundary CountyAll 8 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.