Deary, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Deary-Bovill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83823. It lies near Potato Hill. The Survey maps it on the Deary quadrangle. 508 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,874 feet above sea level.
On record in Deary
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 2 records
- Deary Garagelisted 2024
- Russell Lawrence Farmsteadlisted 2011
Population over time
2 figuresDeary grew from 506 to 508 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 | 506 | |
| 2020 | 508 | +2 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Deary quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Deary quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Deary quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Deary between 1992 and 2020, burning about 262 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | 10 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | MT DEARY CREEK |
| 3 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MOSS |
| 27 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | EAST BIG BEAR |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CHERRY BUTTE |
| 10 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TEE MEADOWS |
| 10 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | OSTERBERG ROAD |
| 8 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Ponderosa Area Office | LITTLE BOULDER |
| 8 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BIG BEAR GRASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Deary: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 producers, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deary Clay Deposit | Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Deary Clay Deposit South | Aluminum, Kaolin, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Deary Clay Prospect East | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Hungry Gut Mine | Mica, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Olson and Stanford Hi-Al Clay | Aluminum, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1907, 1909 | |
| Carlson Lease | Mica, Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Deary Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Fitzgerald Property | Mica, Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Helmer Clay Deposit | Kaolin, Silica | Producer | 1956 | |
| Stanford Clay Deposit | Kaolin, Silica | Producer | 1907 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deary in 1 storm report in 2008: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Hail | Deary | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Deary | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1516395 | 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 399848. 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.





