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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.

Parma within Canyon County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Parma 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,983
20202,096+113 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

20 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1
Firearms and explosives use1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
4 September 1995Natural2,221 acresBoise DistrictD LINE
26 August 2001Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresBoise DistrictGONOGOGO
2 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise DistrictOFFROAD
15 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined66 acresBoise DistrictMIDNITCALL
25 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresPayette CountyRA 2 PAYETTE CO
25 July 2007Arson/incendiarism163 acresBoise DistrictOYSTER
23 July 2012Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresBoise DistrictRAD
23 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined512 acresBoise DistrictPEARLIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Canyon County

Storms near this place

8 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1996Tornado (F1)Parma$50,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindParma$5,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindParma-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 2017Thunderstorm WindParma-Social media reported a 60 foot tall Blue Spruce tree was uprooted near Parma.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindParma-Wind Gust measured by home weather station at 68 M.P.H
June 2002Thunderstorm WindParma-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 2002Thunderstorm WindParma-no account filed
May 1996HailParma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Canyon 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
Roswell2.7 miles13
Apple Valley4.7 miles12
Rookstool Corner4.8 miles12
Fort Boise (historical)4.8 miles11
Wilder7.7 miles13
Allendale8.3 miles13
Notus8.6 miles13
Greenleaf10.3 miles13

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 ParmaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1522393The 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.