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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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Grangeville within Idaho County

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

Population over time

3 figures

Grangeville 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.

YearPeople Change
1880129
20103,141
20203,308+167 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

53 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined21
Natural19
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeMT IDAHO LOWER
8 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeMT IDAHO UPPER
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsFISH CREEK
25 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeTRANSFER
21 September 2020Debris and open burning5.1 acresIdaho Department of LandsWHITETAIL DRIVE
19 September 2014Equipment and vehicle use110 acresIdaho Department of LandsALMOST
12 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined47 acresIdaho Department of LandsTOLO
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,974 acresCottonwood Field OfficeBLACKERBY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Camas Prairie Clay DepositClay, AluminumProspect
Altman PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Boulder Creek PitStone, DimensionUnknown
Carpenter PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Haener PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
George Kaschmitter PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grangeville Clay Occurrence 20ClayOccurrenceClay
Grangeville Clay Occurrence 22ClayOccurrenceClay
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit 117Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGrangeville$13,000no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindGrangeville$5,000Severe 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 2023HailGrangeville-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 2022HailGrangeville-One inch hail was reported south of Grangeville, ID.
July 2019HailGrangeville-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 2016HailGrangeville-Idaho county sheriff reported quarter size hail, some trees down, and minor flooding on main street.
June 2012HailGrangeville-The public measured 1 inch hail.
May 2008Funnel CloudGrangeville-Idaho Free Press employee took picture of funnel cloud over Grangeville.
May 1998HailGrangeville-Hail to 3/4 inch was reported 3 miles southwest of Grangeville.
August 2010HailGrangeville-no account filed
April 2005Thunderstorm WindGrangeville-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindGrangeville-no account filed
August 2005HailGrangeville-no account filed
July 2004HailGrangeville-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindGrangeville-no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindGrangeville-no account filed
July 1998HailGrangeville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Idaho 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
Mount Idaho2.7 miles9
Fenn7.5 miles8
Denver7.8 miles10
Harpster9.4 miles11
Asbestos Point12.2 miles12
Stites13.8 miles9
Clearwater13.9 miles9
Winona14.2 miles10

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 GrangevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1516646The 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.