Payette, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Payette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83661. It stands on Forty-nine Slough. The Survey maps it on the Payette quadrangle. 8,127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,149 feet above sea level.
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On record in Payette
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 12 of 13 shown
David C. Chase Houselisted 1978
Coughanour Apartment Blocklisted 1978
N. A. Jacobsen Buildinglisted 1982
N.A. Jacobsen Houselisted 1998
A. B. Moss Buildinglisted 1978
J. C. Palumbo Fruit Company Packing Warehouse Buildinglisted 1982
Payette City Hall and Courthouselisted 1979
Portia Clublisted 2010
St. James Episcopal Churchlisted 1978
St. John's Churchlisted 2013
US Post Office-Payette Mainlisted 1989
Grant Whitney Houselisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresPayette grew from 7,433 to 8,127 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 | 7,433 | |
| 2020 | 8,127 | +694 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1897 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Payette quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Payette quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Weiser quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Payette between 1995 and 2007, burning about 313 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Boise District | ANNEX |
| 4 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 39 acres | Boise District | PLAYDOH |
| 21 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76 acres | Boise District | CLAY PT. |
| 21 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 184 acres | Boise District | HOT TRASH |
| 6 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Boise District | MTRCYCLEPK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 45 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Payette: 21 past producers, 16 producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jensen Clay Mine | Brick Clay, Kaolin | Past Producer | Illite | |
| Malheur Butte Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Clay, Industrial, Jensen Brick Co | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Payette | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Site | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Allen Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Allen Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Payette in 11 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flood | Payette | $1,000,000 | Moderate flooding occured in and around Payette along the Payette River. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payette | $500,000 | A large organized area of convection produced winds in excess of 60 mph from Rome, Oregon to Payette, Idaho, a storm path of over 130 miles with a width of up to 100 miles, from Baker City, Oregon to just northwest of Boise, with reports being received over a four hour period. The storm displayed characteristics of a large bow echo, which is not commonly observed west of the Continental Divide. Winds were measured over 60 mph at a number of locations, and trees were knocked over causing blackouts and damaging homes. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Payette | - | A spotter reported quarter size hail. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Payette | - | A member of the public posted a photo of this hail on Facebook. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payette | - | The Emergency Manager command post reported wind damage and power outages across Payette County due to thunderstorm outflow winds out of the southeast. |
| April 2012 | Flood | Payette | - | A National Weather Service employee surveyed the Payette River near Payette and observed the river was out of bank and flooding fields and homes along State Highway 52. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Payette | - | A trained spotter 1.5 miles west of Payette reported one inch hail. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payette | - | Winds generated by a severe thunderstorm ripped the roof off of a trailer home in Payette, Idaho. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Payette | - | Severe thunderstorms brought gusty winds to Boise causing some minor damage. Trees three-to four-feet in diameter were broken in two pieces. In Challis tree limbs were broken off while in Salmon and Arco sheds were mangled. In Soda Springs high winds toppled a tree and in Emmett fallen trees smashed a car. A house in Blackfoot was struck by lightning and a fire was started only causing minor damage. In McCall a man was struck and killed by lightning at a rodeo. Twelve others were injured by the strike. ILLINOIS, Northeast |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payette | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Payette | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payette Heights | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Washoe | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Ingard | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wood | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Gayway Corner | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Eiffie | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fruitland | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ramey | 5.2 miles | 16 |
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 Payette | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q671371 | 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 397983. 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.





