Ruby Ridge is a mountain ridge 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 southern 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 gained notoriety when an armed standoff named after the ridge 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