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1996 Map of Spades Mountain

Name: 1996 Topographic Map of Spades Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1999
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1999

About this map

The remote ridges of the Coeur d'Alene National Forest dominate this Kootenai County terrain, defined by a complex network of high peaks and drainage basins. Spades Mountain and Buckles Mountain anchor a landscape once active with small-scale mineral extraction, as evidenced by the Bradbury Mine, Dandy Mine, and Burnt Cabin Mine. The map details the intricate hydrography of the region, including the headwaters of the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River and its various tributaries such as Mokins Creek and Hayden Creek.

Transportation through this high country is limited to forest routes crossing significant divides at Sage Creek Saddle and Hudlow Saddle. The geographic data, based on surveys from the mid-1980s through 1996, illustrates a period when the timber and mining heritage of Idaho's Panhandle remained visible through named landmarks like Burnt Cabin Summit and Windy Ridge, even as the land was primarily managed for its natural resources and watershed protection.