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Lowman, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Garden Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83637. It stands on Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lowman quadrangle. 44 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,776 feet above sea level.

Lowman within Boise County

Population over time

2 figures

Lowman grew from 42 to 44 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
201042
202044+2 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Lowman between 1992 and 2019, burning about 20 acres in total. 54 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2006Natural1.0 acresBoise National ForestSMOKEY ROCK
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestDEADWOOD JIM
26 September 2004Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHIGHWAY 17
21 September 1998Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestSTAUB
20 September 2008Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHUCKLEBERRY
2 September 2004Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestROAD FORK
18 September 2001Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestOXBOW
12 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBoise National ForestKIRKHAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Lowman: 5 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Geothermal, Stone, Dimension, Silica. 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
Miller Mtn. MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectSilicaUnknown
Crow ProspectGold, Stone, DimensionProspect
Haven Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Kirkham Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Lick Creek ProspectStone, DimensionProspect
Hillside #1 ProspectGoldProspect
Hillside #11 ProspectGoldOccurrence
Hillside #12 ProspectGoldProspect
Hillside #16 ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Boise County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowman in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. 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
July 2008Flash FloodLowman$100,000Forest Service Roads were washed out with debris flows. The top end of Fall Creek road was washed out and the West Fork of James Creek near Atlanta road was also washed out. A new washout scar was seen in the wilderness area near Jackson Peak on the Upper North Fork of the Boise River.
June 2025Flash FloodLowman-A Forest Service official reported that Forest Service Road 555 (Scott Mtn Rd) was washed out as a result of a stream of water ran over the road. The radar estimated rainfall total was 0.3 inches, with a maximum estimated rainfall rate of 2 inches per hour. Timing was estimated from peak hydrophobic unit flow.
September 2024Debris FlowLowman-Debris flows from heavy rain on the Bulldog Fire blocked parts of Forest Service Road 698.
November 2024Heavy RainLowman-The mesonet station LLGI1, at NRAWS 9, measured 1.18 inches of rain.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindLowman-Thunderstorm winds blew down large trees and power lines at Pine Flat Campground west of Lowman.
June 2004Flash FloodLowman-Mud slide on Scott Mountain road.
June 2004HailLowman-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindLowman-no account filed
July 1995HailLowman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boise 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
Long Creek Summit Home4.1 miles12
Banner6.3 miles11
Grimes Pass12.8 miles13
Tenmile Summer Home Area13.8 miles18
Pioneerville14.4 miles19
Washington Mill15.1 miles19
Garden Valley17.6 miles14
Centerville18.6 miles20

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 LowmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3837893The 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 396826. 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.