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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.

Kooskia within Idaho County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Kooskia 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.

YearPeople Change
2010607
2020514-93 (-15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

120 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMaggie Creek Area OfficeRAILROAD
28 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNez Perce TribeDOTY ROAD
19 September 2005Debris and open burning95 acresNez Perce TribeFORT MISERY
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce TribeKIDDER RIDGE
14 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMaggie Creek Area OfficeWEBB
14 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresIdaho Department of LandsTOO KUSH
12 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMARKER 70.5
10 September 2005Naturalunder an acreNez Perce TribeCOYOTE GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baldwin ManganeseManganeseProspect
Abbie Welch Rock PitStoneProducer
Clearwater PitStoneProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel Pit 105Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Idaho County Rock PitStoneProducer
Kidder Ridge PitStoneUnknown
State Pit 425-166Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Thunderstorm WindKooskia$20,000High 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 2010Thunderstorm WindKooskia$1,500Sheriff reported numerous trees blown down and power out throughout Idaho county.
May 2022FloodKooskia-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 2012HailKooskia-A spotter measured 1 inch hail in Kooskia.
June 2010HailKooskia-Report of one inch hail on Highway 12 near Kooskia, Idaho.
August 2009HailKooskia-Hail up to one inch in diameter was reported with this storm.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindKooskia-no account filed
August 2005HailKooskia-no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindKooskia-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindKooskia-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
Stites3.7 miles9
East Kamiah4.3 miles10
Winona6.9 miles10
Caribel8.0 miles10
Clearwater9.6 miles9
Tahoe9.7 miles12
Big Cedar9.7 miles12
Glenwood10.3 miles9

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 KooskiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1513739The 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.