Ruby Ridge is a

mountain ridge A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated geomorphologic landform, structural feature, or a combination of both separated from the surrounding terrain by steep sides. The sides of a ridge slope away from a narrow top, the crest or ridgecrest, wi ...

in the

Kaniksu National Forest The Kaniksu National Forest (pronounced , ) is a U.S. National Forest located in northeastern Washington, the Idaho Panhandle, and northwestern Montana. It is one of three forests that are aggregated into the Idaho Panhandle National Forests, a ...

(administered as part of the

Idaho Panhandle National Forests The Idaho Panhandle National Forests are a jointly administered set of three United States National Forests, national forests located mostly in the U.S. state of Idaho. In 1973, major portions of the Kaniksu National Forest, Kaniksu, Coeur d'Alen ...

) in northeastern Boundary County,

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington (state), ...

, United States. The landform is most notable for being confused with another

Ruby Ridge The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in Boundary County, Idaho, in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) came to arrest Randy Weaver under a bench warrant fo ...

in the same county, but about south–southwest. The other Ruby Ridge has an elevation , is also located within the Kaniksu National Forest, and is the only other landform so named within the United States. (There is a third landform of the same name, located in Alberta, Canada, about to the east–northeast). The other, more proximate, Ruby Ridge gained notoriety after an armed standoff that occurred nearby in late August 1992, in which two

civilian A civilian is a person who is not a member of an armed force. It is war crime, illegal under the law of armed conflict to target civilians with military attacks, along with numerous other considerations for civilians during times of war. If a civi ...

s and one officer of the

United States Marshals Service The United States Marshals Service (USMS) is a Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement agency in the United States. The Marshals Service serves as the enforcement and security arm of the United States federal judi ...

were killed.

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Ridges of Idaho Landforms of Boundary County, Idaho Idaho Panhandle National Forest {{US-mountain-stub