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.
Population over time
2 figuresCascade 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 939 | |
| 2020 | 1,005 | +66 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WICKHAM |
| 8 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Boise District | ISLAND RANCH |
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COAT FIRE |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WILLOW CREEK |
| 24 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | LITTLE PEARSOL |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LLOYD COURT |
| 2 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | DONNER |
| 2 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LITTLE DONNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Creek Placers | Zirconium, Titanium, Garnet, REE, Iron | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Pearsol Creek | Zirconium, REE, Garnet, Titanium, Iron | Prospect | 1880 | |
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Callender Monazite Property | REE | Prospect | ||
| Long Valley Monazite | REE | Unknown | ||
| Long Valley Monazite Placer | REE | Past Producer | Placer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Lightning | Cascade | 2 hurt | On 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 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Cascade | - | The public sent a picture through social media of a funnel cloud near Horse Thief Reservoir. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Cascade | - | A U.S. Forest Service employee reported half dollar sized hail in Cascade. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Cascade | - | State Highway 55 and numerous county roads were flooded with 1 to 2 feet of water flowing across the roads. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | 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 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cascade | - | 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 2009 | Hail | Cascade | - | A trained spotter near Cascade, Idaho reported three quarter inch hail and heavy rain. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Cascade | - | report |
| June 2004 | Hail | Cascade | - | See narrative below |
| August 2003 | Hail | Cascade | - | Large hail broke car windshieds in and around Cascade. |
| August 1999 | Flash Flood | Cascade | - | 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belvidere | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cabarton | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Arling | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Alpha | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| MacGregor (historical) | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Roseberry | 14.8 miles | 13 | |
| Donnelly | 14.9 miles | 13 | |
| Smiths Ferry | 15.0 miles | 16 |
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 Cascade | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1517180 | The 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.





