Emmett, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Emmett Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83617. It lies near Ross Island. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Emmett quadrangle. 7,647 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,362 feet above sea level.
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On record in Emmett
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 8 records
F. T. Bliss Houselisted 1982
Catholic Church of the Sacred Heartlisted 1980
Emmett Presbyterian Churchlisted 1980
First Baptist Church of Emmettlisted 1980
Gem County Courthouselisted 1982
Oregon Short Line Railway Depotlisted 1995
St. Mary's Episcopal Churchlisted 1980- Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresEmmett grew from 6,557 to 7,647 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 | 6,557 | |
| 2020 | 7,647 | +1,090 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Boise quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Boise quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Montour quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Southeast Emmett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Emmett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,958 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 17 acres | Boise District | SPRING |
| 22 September 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 37 acres | Boise District | SCHILL |
| 2 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Boise District | SANDHOLLOW |
| 12 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67 acres | Boise District | JACKS |
| 3 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Boise District | FREEZE OUT |
| 29 August 2012 | Firearms and explosives use | 9.0 acres | Boise District | BLACK CANYON |
| 28 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | MONUMENT |
| 26 August 2009 | Firearms and explosives use | 1,262 acres | Boise District | SAND HALLOW |
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 Emmett: 8 producers, 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Stone, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payette River | Gold, Platinum | Producer | 1865 | |
| Pumicite Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Emmett Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Gem Silica Company Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | 1946 | |
| Gem Silica Sand Deposit | Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Longhair Mine No 1 | Stone | Producer | ||
| Longhair Mine No 2 | Stone | Producer | ||
| Pretty Patty | Stone | Producer | ||
| Barnes Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emmett in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 wildfire, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Emmett | $1,000,000 | Moderate flooding occured in and around Emmett along the Payette River. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmett | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmett | - | A large tree was down, blocking northbound traffic in a residential area in Emmett. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmett | - | A roof on a home was damaged from a down tree. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Emmett | - | The mesonet station AS061 near Minden, ID measured 0.68 inches of rain. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Emmett | - | The Payette River at Emmett reached minor food stage due to snow melt. |
| August 2016 | Hail | Emmett | - | A follower on social media posted a picture of observed three quarter of an inch hail that dropped out of a thunderstorm near Emmett, Idaho. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Emmett | - | Near Sand Hollow, Payette, Gem county line. No damaged reported. |
| September 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Emmett | - | A tornado touched down at Tom's Cabin Road, west of Emmett, in Gem County. It tracked eastward on the ground for a mile, ripping limbs off trees, destroying an outbuilding and damaging houses and a vehicle. |
| February 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmett | - | Thunderstorms rolled across Gem County producing winds gusting to 53 knots (61 mph) and dropping hail up to 1.0 inches in diameter along a path from 2 miles northwest of Emmett to 2 miles east of Emmett. Numerous trees and power lines were brought down by the storm. |
| February 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Emmett | - | A tornado briefly touched down in the northern part of Emmett. The path of the tornado crossed the Emett cemetery knocking several headstones off of grave sites and twisting limbs off nearby trees. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmett | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmett | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Funnel Cloud | Emmett | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Emmett | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Wildfire | Emmett | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Emmett | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Wildfire | Emmett | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold House | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Del Monte | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Plaza | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Black Canyon | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Bramwell | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Aikman (historical) | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Jenness | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Letha | 8.0 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 Emmett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q988735 | 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 397688. 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.







