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Cambridge, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cambridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83610. It stands on Rush Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambridge quadrangle. 335 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,661 feet above sea level.

Cambridge within Washington County

On record in Cambridge

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Cambridge grew from 328 to 335 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010328
2020335+7 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Cambridge between 1992 and 2011, burning about 58 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresPayette National ForestCAMBRIDGE RURAL ASST
3 August 2009Natural5.0 acresPayette National ForestRUSH CREEK
3 August 2009Natural2.0 acresBoise DistrictLUCKY STRIKE
24 August 2011Natural3.7 acresPayette National ForestPINE CREEK
12 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresBoise DistrictWEISER RIV
27 July 1994Natural11 acresCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Cambridge: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sand & Gravel Pit #050Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
J WigginsGeothermalOccurrence

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cambridge in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 4 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010FloodCambridge$1,000,000Washington County Emergency Manager reported flooding along the Weiser River from Cambridge to Weiser.
June 2010Flash FloodCambridge$140,000Washington County Emergency Manager reported Rush Creek was flooding on roads just east of Cambridge and flooding on Advent Gulch Road northwest of Cambridge.
March 2017FloodCambridge$2,000Flooding occurred along the Weiser River from Cambridge to Weiser and surrounding fields and roads.
April 2019FloodCambridge-The Washington County emergency manager reported moderate flooding near the U.S. Highway 95 bridge in Weiser. The flooding caused extensive damage and the closure of the highway for 4 days.
March 2014FloodCambridge-Moderate flooding on the Weiser River due to heavy rain and snowmelt occurred around the Cambridge area affecting many of the county roads.
June 2012HailCambridge-Local media reported 1.00 inch hail in and around Cambridge.

Every storm recorded in Washington County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Salubria0.8 miles11
Midvale7.7 miles15
Diamond12.2 miles15
Heath (historical)13.3 miles13
Barton14.6 miles15
Concrete16.3 miles15
Heath16.7 miles12
Crane (historical)17.8 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on CambridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988567The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 400338. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.