Elk City, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Elk City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83525. It lies near Sweeny Hill. The Survey maps it on the Elk City quadrangle. 170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,006 feet above sea level.
On record in Elk City
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 3 records
Gold Point Milllisted 2000- Elk City Wagon Road-Vicory Gulch-Smith Grade Segmentlisted 2001
- Meinert Ranch Cabinlisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresElk City fell from 202 to 170 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 | 202 | |
| 2020 | 170 | -32 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1956 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Elk City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Elk City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 70 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 | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | SWIMMING HOLE |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | FLAT IRON |
| 17 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | BLUE |
| 16 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | WHITAKER |
| 16 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | TELEPHONE |
| 14 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | RIBBON |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | 1810 |
| 1 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | FRENCH BOYZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 69 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of Elk City: 39 past producers, 22 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Zinc, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma Placer | Gold, REE, Titanium, Garnet | Past Producer | Placer | |
| American Eagle Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Tellurium, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1897, 1903 | |
| American Eagle Placer Claims | Gold, REE | Past Producer | Placer | |
| American Placer | Gold, Titanium | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Buster Mine | Gold, Copper, Tellurium, Silver | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Colonel Sellers | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Deadwood Canyon | Antimony, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Elk City District | Silver, Gold | Producer | PLACER, QUARTZ LENS, FISSURE VEIN | |
| Elk City District | Gold, REE, Mercury, Platinum, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium) | Producer | 1861 | |
| Mary K Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
8 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elk City in 8 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk City | - | Strong winds damaged trees which led to a power outage in the Elk City area. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk City | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Elk City | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Elk City | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Elk City | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Elk City | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Elk City | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Elk City | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Point | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| York | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Leprouse | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Gibler | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mud Springs | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| Lightfoot | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Orogrande | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Fall Creek | 11.5 miles | 13 |
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 Elk City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2007094 | 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 396453. 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.




