Parma, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Parma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83660. It stands on Parma Drain. The Survey maps it on the Parma quadrangle. 2,096 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,165 feet above sea level.
On record in Parma
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
Fort Boise and Riverside Ferry Siteslisted 1974- Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Churchlisted 1982
- A. H. Stewart Houselisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresParma grew from 1,983 to 2,096 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 | 1,983 | |
| 2020 | 2,096 | +113 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Parma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Parma between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,129 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Natural | 2,221 acres | Boise District | D LINE |
| 26 August 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Boise District | GONOGOGO |
| 2 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise District | OFFROAD |
| 15 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 66 acres | Boise District | MIDNITCALL |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Payette County | RA 2 PAYETTE CO |
| 25 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 163 acres | Boise District | OYSTER |
| 23 July 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Boise District | RAD |
| 23 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 512 acres | Boise District | PEARLIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Parma: 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parma in 8 storm reports between 1996 and 2017: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Parma | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | - | A retired National Weather Service employee reported very strong winds gusts and damage associated with nearby thunderstorms. Numerous reports of downed trees and power lines were received through social media. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | - | Social media reported a 60 foot tall Blue Spruce tree was uprooted near Parma. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | - | Wind Gust measured by home weather station at 68 M.P.H |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | - | An area of thunderstorms intensified as it moved northward from northwest Owyhee County into Canyon County. A utility pole was blown down in Parma, taking down power lines. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Parma | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Parma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roswell | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Apple Valley | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rookstool Corner | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Boise (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Wilder | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Allendale | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Notus | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Greenleaf | 10.3 miles | 13 |
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 Parma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1522393 | 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 397010. 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.





