Ferdinand, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83526. The Survey maps it on the Craigmont quadrangle. 133 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,707 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresFerdinand fell from 159 to 133 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 | 159 | |
| 2020 | 133 | -26 (-16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1924 USGS Kamiah quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Craigmont quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Orofino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Ferdinand between 1993 and 2020, burning about 464 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | 95 FIRE |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | SOUTH BRIDGE |
| 7 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | METAL TRESSEL |
| 3 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | LAWYER |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 208 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | EVERGREEN |
| 22 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | ROCK PIT BARN FIRE |
| 2 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 172 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | FREI HILL |
| 1 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.6 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | KINZER |
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 Ferdinand: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Butte | Gold, Silver, Platinum, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Ferdinand Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ferdinand in 2 storm reports in 2010: 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Ferdinand | $25,000 | A US Forest Service employee observed a small tornado that briefly touched the ground west of Greencreek. There was substantial damage to the roof of a barn off New Hope Road, south side of Lawyers Canyon, about 3.5 miles from Ferdinand. There was an incredible amount of topsoil movement and severe erosion down onto a private access road, plugging several culverts. The sediment was backed up 2 to 3 feet high for 10 to 15 feet behind the culvert. |
| October 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Ferdinand | - | A trained spotter reported a funnel cloud that was close to the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westlake | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Greencreek | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cottonwood | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Keuterville | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Dryden | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Denver | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fenn | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Winona | 15.0 miles | 10 |
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 Ferdinand | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1512033 | 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 396483. 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.




