Grangeville, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Grangeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83530. The Survey maps it on the Grangeville East quadrangle. 3,308 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,399 feet above sea level.
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On record in Grangeville
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
Blue Fox Theatrelisted 1999
Tolo Lakelisted 2011- Moose Creek Administrative Sitelisted 1990
Population over time
3 figuresGrangeville grew from 129 to 3,308 between 1880 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 129 | |
| 2010 | 3,141 | |
| 2020 | 3,308 | +167 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Grangeville East quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Grangeville East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Grangeville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,321 acres in total. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | MT IDAHO LOWER |
| 8 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | MT IDAHO UPPER |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | FISH CREEK |
| 25 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | TRANSFER |
| 21 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.1 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WHITETAIL DRIVE |
| 19 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 110 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | ALMOST |
| 12 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | TOLO |
| 9 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,974 acres | Cottonwood Field Office | BLACKERBY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Grangeville: 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camas Prairie Clay Deposit | Clay, Aluminum | Prospect | ||
| Altman Pit | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Boulder Creek Pit | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Carpenter Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Haener Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| George Kaschmitter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Grangeville Clay Occurrence 20 | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Grangeville Clay Occurrence 22 | Clay | Occurrence | Clay | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit 117 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grangeville in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 10 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grangeville | $13,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grangeville | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorms hit Idaho once again bringing large hail, gusty winds and some brief heavy rain. Wind and hail damage occured in several locations. Gusts to 70 mph in Butte and Clark Counties tipped over two tractor-semitrailer. In Rathdrum property damage was estimated at $1 million. New Plymouth suffered crop damage. One man was injured by 1.5 inch hail near Black Creek along Interstate 84. Due to heavy rains the Big Wood River rose to flood stage flooding some riverfront property near Ketchum. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Grangeville | - | A strong thunderstorm formed and moved toward Grangeville. Radar estimated maximum size hail was a little over an inch. The public reported nickel size hail with the storm. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Grangeville | - | One inch hail was reported south of Grangeville, ID. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Grangeville | - | A severe thunderstorm moved over southern portions of Grangeville, Idaho and areas along U.S. Highway 95 southwest of the city. Large amounts of hail created hazardous driving conditions, causing a vehicle to slide off the highway. Ping-pong-sized hail was reported along the highway, 5 miles southwest of Grangeville, with nickel-sized hail being reported in the city itself. |
| July 2016 | Hail | Grangeville | - | Idaho county sheriff reported quarter size hail, some trees down, and minor flooding on main street. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Grangeville | - | The public measured 1 inch hail. |
| May 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Grangeville | - | Idaho Free Press employee took picture of funnel cloud over Grangeville. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Grangeville | - | Hail to 3/4 inch was reported 3 miles southwest of Grangeville. |
| August 2010 | Hail | Grangeville | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grangeville | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grangeville | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Grangeville | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Grangeville | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grangeville | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Grangeville | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Grangeville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Idaho | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fenn | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Denver | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Harpster | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Asbestos Point | 12.2 miles | 12 | |
| Stites | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Clearwater | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Winona | 14.2 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 Grangeville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1516646 | 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 396579. 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.




