Kooskia, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Nez Perce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83539. It stands on Middle Fork Clearwater River. The Survey maps it on the Kooskia quadrangle. 514 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,293 feet above sea level.
On record in Kooskia
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
Big Cedar Schoollisted 2016
Fenn Ranger Stationlisted 1990
State Bank of Kooskialisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresKooskia fell from 607 to 514 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 | 607 | |
| 2020 | 514 | -93 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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 Weippe quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Kooskia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kooskia quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Kooskia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Kooskia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,092 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 4 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Maggie Creek Area Office | RAILROAD |
| 28 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | DOTY ROAD |
| 19 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 95 acres | Nez Perce Tribe | FORT MISERY |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | KIDDER RIDGE |
| 14 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Maggie Creek Area Office | WEBB |
| 14 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | TOO KUSH |
| 12 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MARKER 70.5 |
| 10 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Nez Perce Tribe | COYOTE GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Kooskia: 3 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Abbie Welch Rock Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Clearwater Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit 105 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Idaho County Rock Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Kidder Ridge Pit | Stone | Unknown | ||
| State Pit 425-166 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kooskia in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kooskia | $20,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm along with wet soil conditions lead to considerable uprooted trees in East Kamiah. The greatest damage occurred along a two mile stretch of US-12 from Rock Road to the Kamiah Bridge. Trees fell across US-12 resulting in traffic disruption, in addition one residential trailer and one travel trailer were also damaged by falling trees. |
| November 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kooskia | $1,500 | Sheriff reported numerous trees blown down and power out throughout Idaho county. |
| May 2022 | Flood | Kooskia | - | Plugged culverts and heavy rainfall contributed to flooding on Main Street in Grangeville and also in Cottonwood. Rock slides and mud slides were reported along Highway 95 between Riggins and White Bird and also along Big Salmon Road east of Riggins. Rock slides, mud slides and fallen trees occurred on Highway 12 between Kooskia and Jerry Johnson Hot Springs. Water from Sevenmile Creek also flowed over Highway 162 at milepost 20. Debris flow caused the Lolo Creek bridge along the Clearwater and Idaho County line to wash out. The Clearwater River at Stites briefly spiked up to 8.86 feet in the minor flood category, but no major impacts were noted. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Kooskia | - | A spotter measured 1 inch hail in Kooskia. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Kooskia | - | Report of one inch hail on Highway 12 near Kooskia, Idaho. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Kooskia | - | Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported with this storm. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kooskia | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Kooskia | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kooskia | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kooskia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stites | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| East Kamiah | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Winona | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Caribel | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Clearwater | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Tahoe | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Big Cedar | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Glenwood | 10.3 miles | 9 |
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 Kooskia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1513739 | 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 399948. 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.







