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Nezperce, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Nezperce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83543. The Survey maps it on the Nezperce quadrangle. 458 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,215 feet above sea level.

Nezperce within Lewis County

Population over time

2 figures

Nezperce fell from 466 to 458 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
2010466
2020458-8 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Nezperce between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,677 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreNez Perce TribeWEYER
30 August 1996Debris and open burning8.0 acresNez Perce TribeMOHLER
29 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLYONS ROAD
19 August 1992Natural1,654 acresNez Perce TribeMARKER 62
11 August 2015Naturalunder an acreNez Perce TribeFLYING B
30 July 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsPUMP SHED
16 July 2017Debris and open burning11 acresNez Perce TribeEWING
14 July 2019Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsLAZY HORSE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Nezperce: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay. 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
Nez Perce Clay ProspectBrick ClayPast ProducerClay
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nezperce in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2022: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 2017Thunderstorm WindNezperce$20,000The Lewis County Emergency Manager reported 13 power poles knocked down and multiple transformers damaged along Highway 64 between Lyons Rd. and Marker Rd. Power was cut off to the area for 18 hours while repairs were made. Radar indicated a thunderstorm nearby which likely produced a strong microburst into the damage area.
June 2010Heavy RainNezperce$5,000Road damage from heavy rain was observed on Johnson and Synder roads.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindNezperce$5,000Tree uprooted by gusty winds.
July 2022HailNezperce-Nickel to quarter size hail remains on the ground about 20 minutes after the storm moved through.
July 2022HailNezperce-Public reported on social media.
July 2022HailNezperce-Hail reported on social media.
August 2014HailNezperce-One inch hail and gusty winds reported with thunderstorm.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindNezperce-Tree fell onto some power lines and knocked out power to 115 customers.
June 2010Heavy RainNezperce-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lewis 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
Howard4.2 miles8
Mohler6.7 miles8
Fletcher9.8 miles8
Kamiah11.2 miles10
Vollmer12.0 miles8
Craigmont12.0 miles8
Ilo (historical)13.6 miles8
Craig Junction15.8 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 NezperceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1516777The 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 396958. 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.