Settlement School

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

From the record

One of 18 National Register listings published here for Bonner County · listed in 1999 · category: Building.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. Settlement Rd., 0.5 E of jct. with E. Side Rd., Priest River, 83856
When was it listed? April 1999
Category. building
Also known as. Public School Buildings in Idaho MPS
Census division. Priest River
Architectural style. Neoclassical architecture
National Register reference number. 99000418 - 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Settlement School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50 acres in total. 32 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	32
Debris and open burning	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Recreation and ceremony	13
Smoking	3
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Fireworks	2
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
5 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	RILEY STRIKE
5 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	GOLD CUP
3 September 1999	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	PORK & BEAN
3 September 1994	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	CAKE FIRE
25 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	PRIEST RIVER-8 MILE
22 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	RED CHERRY
20 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	FOREST ROAD
2 September 1998	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	JACHETTA ROAD

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Settlement School: 15 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Gold, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bodie Canyon Mine	Silver, Zinc, Molybdenum, Copper	Prospect
Bodie Canyon Prospect	Silver, Molybdenum, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Cuban	Sulfur	Occurrence
Cuban ? Prospect	Sulfides	Occurrence	Vein
Silver Butte Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer
Sullivan	Gold, Molybdenum	Past Producer
Sullivan Mine	Gold, Molybdenum, Graphite	Past Producer	Underground
Maurice J. Avery Property	Copper	Prospect
Swanson-Dechamps	Copper, Lead	Prospect
Unnamed Location	Lead	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Bonner County

Storms near this property

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Priest River, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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	Thunderstorm Wind	Priest River	$125,000	numerous reports of wind damage
March 2012	Flood	Priest River	$72,000	Several roads were washed out, flooded, or experienced some damage across Bonner County due to high spring runoff caused by record March rainfall and excess snow melt. These roads including Gold Creek (8 NE Sandpoint), Talache, East Shores Drive (4 NE Coolin), Geenan, Schneiders, Rapid Lightning Creek, Bowen Arrow (4 NE Colburn), and Merril Martin. Six homes and some businesses were isolated due to road closures. Five homes and some businesses had limited one lane access.
April 2017	Debris Flow	Priest River	$50,000	The Bonner County Sheriff reported a debris flow across East River Road, temporarily cutting travel along the eastern shore of Priest River.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Priest River	$4,000	Multiple reports of tree damage were received from the town of Priest River including a 100 foot tall pine tree uprooted during thunderstorm winds. Some homes suffered damage to shingles and fences. Time estimated from radar data.
June 2020	Hail	Priest River	-	Pictures posted on social media showed hail with an estimated diameter of 1 inch near Priest Lake. Time is estimated based on radar.
July 2018	Funnel Cloud	Priest River	-	The twitter feed of a local TV station featured a photograph from a member of the public appearing to be a funnel cloud near Priest River. Time estimated from radar.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Priest River	-	Several trees were blown down after a severe thunderstorm passed through Priest River. Roof damage was also observed from the storm.
June 1997	Hail	Priest River	-	3/4 inch hail
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Priest River	-	no account filed
June 2003	Hail	Priest River	-	no account filed
May 1996	Heavy Rain	Priest River	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bonner 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

3 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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Priest River Commercial Core Historic District	1.5 miles	1995
Hotel Charbonneau	1.6 miles	1991
Priest River High School	2.0 miles	1995

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 99000418 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.