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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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Emmett within Gem County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Emmett 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,557
20207,647+1,090 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks5
Firearms and explosives use5
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2006Firearms and explosives use17 acresBoise DistrictSPRING
22 September 2020Firearms and explosives use37 acresBoise DistrictSCHILL
2 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresBoise DistrictSANDHOLLOW
12 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use67 acresBoise DistrictJACKS
3 August 1993Debris and open burning20 acresBoise DistrictFREEZE OUT
29 August 2012Firearms and explosives use9.0 acresBoise DistrictBLACK CANYON
28 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBoise DistrictMONUMENT
26 August 2009Firearms and explosives use1,262 acresBoise DistrictSAND HALLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gem County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Payette RiverGold, PlatinumProducer1865
Pumicite DepositPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPumiceUnknown
Emmett PlantSilicaProducer
Gem Silica Company DepositSilicaPast Producer1946
Gem Silica Sand DepositSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Longhair Mine No 1StoneProducer
Longhair Mine No 2StoneProducer
Pretty PattyStoneProducer
Barnes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gem County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010FloodEmmett$1,000,000Moderate flooding occured in and around Emmett along the Payette River.
May 1996Thunderstorm WindEmmett$5,000no account filed
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEmmett-A large tree was down, blocking northbound traffic in a residential area in Emmett.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindEmmett-A roof on a home was damaged from a down tree.
March 2023Heavy RainEmmett-The mesonet station AS061 near Minden, ID measured 0.68 inches of rain.
May 2017FloodEmmett-The Payette River at Emmett reached minor food stage due to snow melt.
August 2016HailEmmett-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 2004Tornado (F0)Emmett-Near Sand Hollow, Payette, Gem county line. No damaged reported.
September 2002Tornado (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 2002Thunderstorm WindEmmett-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 2002Tornado (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 2003Thunderstorm WindEmmett-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindEmmett-no account filed
July 2002Funnel CloudEmmett-no account filed
June 1998HailEmmett-no account filed
August 1997WildfireEmmett-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindEmmett-no account filed
October 1997WildfireEmmett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gem County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cold House2.0 miles11
Del Monte2.3 miles11
Plaza4.4 miles15
Black Canyon4.7 miles15
Bramwell5.1 miles11
Aikman (historical)6.4 miles15
Jenness7.3 miles11
Letha8.0 miles11

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 EmmettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q988735The 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.