Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Kellogg, ID

Kellogg is a city in the Silver Valley of Shoshone County, Idaho, in the Idaho Panhandle, and it had a population of 2,314 at the 2020 census, up from 2,120 in 2010, making it the largest city in Shoshone County.

Kellogg was incorporated in 1907 and was named after a prospector named Noah Kellogg, and it became a center of mining for silver, with the Bunker Hill Mine and smelter operating for nearly a century.

The Bunker Hill Mine and smelter closed in 1981 as yields declined, costing thousands of jobs, and the mining operations resulted in regional lead contamination of water and soil.

In May 1972, the Sunshine Mine of Kellogg was the site of one of the worst mining accidents in U.S. history, when a fire killed 91 miners, and in the aftermath the government passed new safety regulations requiring every miner to carry a self-rescuer breathing apparatus.

The Sunshine Mine remained open until February 16, 2001, producing 360 million troy ounces of silver.

Since the mines closed, Kellogg has developed as a resort town, and Silver Mountain Resort on Kellogg Mountain is accessed by the world’s longest single-cabin gondola, with a 3.1-mile track reaching an alpine ski lodge at 5,700 feet.

Condos, hotels, restaurants, shops, a water park, and a golf course have been developed around Silver Mountain Resort, and Kellogg was featured in The New York Times travel section in 2008 as an up-and-coming resort town.

The 2020 census counted 1,031 households in Kellogg, and the median age was 41.3 years.

Kellogg lies near the Coeur d’Alene National Forest about 36 miles east-southeast of Coeur d’Alene along Interstate 90, and it is in the Pacific time zone.

Kellogg sits at an elevation of 2,494 feet, and its record heat was 111 degrees Fahrenheit in August 1961 while its record cold was minus 36 degrees in December 1968.