Pend Oreille County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Pend Oreille County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by WA WGS (52), NASA (1).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Aug 29, 2025Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$33.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Crown Creek Wildfire started on August 29 by lightning. It was located 1 mile Southeast of Marble, Washington. One home was reported lost. It burned 14192 acres of timber.

2. Sep 1, 2025Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$33.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Crown Creek Wildfire started on August 29 by lightning. It was located 1 mile Southeast of Marble, Washington. One home was reported lost. It burned 14192 acres of timber. It was contained on September 14. Cost is estimated.

3. Sep 1, 2025Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$24.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tacoma Creek Fire started on September 1 by lightning. It was located 15 miles Northwest of Cusick. It was contained September 26. It burned 3961 acres of timber, brush, and grass. Cost is estimated.

4. Aug 1, 2025Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$11.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hope Fire started by a suspected human cause on July 8. It was located 15 miles north of Kettle Falls Washington. It burned around 8177 acres of timber, two homes, and a 150 acre ranch. Cost is estimated.

5. Jul 19, 2025Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$11.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Lake Spokane Fire started on July 19 by suspected human cause. It was located 12 miles northwest of Spokane. It burned 2506 acres of timber. It also destroyed 1 outbuilding. It was contained on July 31. Cost is estimated.

6. Jul 8, 2025Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$11.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hope Fire started by a suspected human cause on July 8. It was located 15 miles north of Kettle Falls Washington. It burned around 8177 acres of timber, two homes, and a 150 acre ranch. Cost is estimated.

7. May 11, 2018Flood$8.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The USGS River Flow Gage at Abeni Falls Dam which controls the flow of the Pend Oreille River surpassed the Flood Flow of 95,000 Cubic Feet per Second (CFS) at 2:30 PM PST on May 11th. The flow increased and passed through the Moderate Flood Flow of 115,000 CFS at 12:15 PM on May 18th. The flow continued to increase and peaked at the Moderate Flood reading of 121,000 CFS at at 5:00 AM on May 27th. The flow continued to fluctuate between 118,000 CFS and 121,000 CFS through the end of May. The flow receded to below the Flood Flow on June 6th.

8. Jul 25, 2026Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$7.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Bradeen Hill Wildfire started around 1252 PST on July 25. It was started by unknown human cause. It is located 2 miles east of Gifford. It burned 4400 acres of timber and grassland. Three homes were destroyed. It continued through the end of July. Cost is estimated.

9. Aug 20, 2024Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$3.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Upper Ruby Wildfire was started on August 20 by unconfirmed lightning. It is located 16 miles Northwest of Cusick. It was contained September 3. It burned 280 acres of timber. Cost is estimated.

10. Sep 1, 2024Wildfire, Northeast Mountains$3.7 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    Upper Ruby Wildfire was started on August 20 by unconfirmed lightning. It is located 16 miles Northwest of Cusick. It was contained September 3. It burned 280 acres of timber. Cost is estimated.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

106°FJun 30, 2021

All-time low

−37°FDec 30, 1968

Warmest night

72°FJun 29, 2015

Coldest day

−5°F3 times, most recently Jan 13, 2024

Wettest day

3.00 inNov 10, 2020

Snowiest day

19.0 inDec 9, 1922

Hottest year

1998mean 48.4°F

Coldest year

1916mean 41.7°F

Wettest year

201247.25 in

Driest year

20226.95 in

Snowiest season

181.5 in1915-16

Station Sandpoint Experiment Station (USC00108137), 2,126 ft elevation, 30.4 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1910 to October 16, 2026; 85.5% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00108137.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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