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Cascade, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cascade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83611. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cascade quadrangle. 1,005 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,760 feet above sea level.

Cascade within Valley County

Population over time

2 figures

Cascade grew from 939 to 1,005 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
2010939
20201,005+66 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Cascade between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural42
Recreation and ceremony26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresIdaho Department of LandsWICKHAM
8 September 2009Naturalunder an acreBoise DistrictISLAND RANCH
7 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsCOAT FIRE
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsWILLOW CREEK
24 September 1999Natural1.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE PEARSOL
2 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLLOYD COURT
2 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsDONNER
2 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLITTLE DONNER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Valley County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cascade: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: REE, Iron, Geothermal, Zirconium, Titanium, Garnet, REE. 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
Big Creek PlacersZirconium, Titanium, Garnet, REE, IronPast ProducerSurface
Pearsol CreekZirconium, REE, Garnet, Titanium, IronProspect1880
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Callender Monazite PropertyREEProspect
Long Valley MonaziteREEUnknown
Long Valley Monazite PlacerREEPast ProducerPlacer

Every working recorded in Valley County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cascade in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2018: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
July 1998LightningCascade2 hurtOn the evening of July 3rd two men were struck by lightning while fishing in a boat on Deadwood Reservoir. The men, ages 32 and 44 were flown to a hospital in Boise. Both men survived and were released from the hospital by the next day.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindCascade$5,000no account filed
May 2018Funnel CloudCascade-The public sent a picture through social media of a funnel cloud near Horse Thief Reservoir.
September 2013HailCascade-A U.S. Forest Service employee reported half dollar sized hail in Cascade.
March 2012FloodCascade-State Highway 55 and numerous county roads were flooded with 1 to 2 feet of water flowing across the roads.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCascade-Valley County Sheriffs Department reported numerous trees down between Cascade and McCall. The National Forest Service at Krassel reported 3/4 of a mile of Ponderosa pines snapped off halfway up the trunk and 3 buildings damaged and Teapot RAWS recorded a wind gust of 66 MPH. Local media reported 1.75 inch hail in Donnelly.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCascade-Valley County Emergency Manager reported widespread damage across the county from Cascade to McCall including power lines and poles and large trees down and damage to roofs and structures.
August 2009HailCascade-A trained spotter near Cascade, Idaho reported three quarter inch hail and heavy rain.
June 2006HailCascade-report
June 2004HailCascade-See narrative below
August 2003HailCascade-Large hail broke car windshieds in and around Cascade.
August 1999Flash FloodCascade-A stationary thunderstorm complex dropped an estimated 2 to 3 inches of rain from Cascade to Smith's Ferry with public reports of water over Highway 55 and a hillside washout.

Every storm recorded in Valley 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
Belvidere2.9 miles17
Cabarton5.6 miles17
Arling7.5 miles13
Alpha8.8 miles17
MacGregor (historical)12.3 miles13
Roseberry14.8 miles13
Donnelly14.9 miles13
Smiths Ferry15.0 miles16

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 CascadeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1517180The 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 396241. 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.