Elk River, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Elk River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83827. It stands on Partridge Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elk River quadrangle. 139 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,854 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElk River grew from 125 to 139 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 | 125 | |
| 2020 | 139 | +14 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1969 USGS Elk River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Elk River quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Elk River between 1992 and 2017, burning about 42 acres in total. 86 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 86 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BULL RUN |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | OVIATT CR |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | CAMERON EAST |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SOUTH SHATTUCK |
| 6 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JACKSON TELEPHONE |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | TICK RIDGE |
| 4 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | BLOODY RIDGE |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | BIG JOHNSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Elk River: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elk River Clay Deposit | Kaolin | Occurrence | Clay, Kaolinite | |
| Partridge Creek Prospect | Mica | Occurrence | 1925 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elk River in 2 storm reports in 2006: 1 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Hail | Elk River | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elk River | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kameron | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Neva | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Five Corners | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Dent | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Johnson | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Best Corner | 15.4 miles | 11 | |
| Boehls | 15.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hansberg | 17.1 miles | 11 |
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 River | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1511971 | 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 396456. 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.




