Pierce, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pierce-Headquarters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83546. It lies near Canal Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Pierce quadrangle. 467 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,094 feet above sea level.
On record in Pierce
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 1 record
Pierce Courthouselisted 1972
Population over time
2 figuresPierce fell from 508 to 467 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 | 508 | |
| 2020 | 467 | -41 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1924 USGS Weippe quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pierce quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kooskia quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Pierce quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Pierce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. 54 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clearwater Potlatch Timber Protective Association | CANAL POWERLINE |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FRENCH WEST |
| 5 September 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BOTTOM DIVIDE |
| 26 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PIERCE POWER LINE |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MCCAULY CREEK |
| 2 September 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WEST DIVIDE |
| 2 September 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | NORTH DIVIDE |
| 2 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | PORTERS CAMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Pierce: 14 past producers, 10 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Beryllium, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Diamond Graphite Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Musselshell Pit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Pierce City District | Gold, Mercury, Titanium, Iron, Platinum | Producer | 1860 | |
| American Placer | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Woodchuck Placer | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| New Occurrence | Beryllium | Unknown | ||
| Pierce Divide Occurrence | Beryllium | Occurrence | Beryl | |
| Placer Creek Beryl Occurrence | Beryllium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Armstrong Gulch Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Boggs Gulch Placers | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pierce in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2019: 2 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Hail | Pierce | - | The Spot Mountain Lookout in the Bitterroot National Forest reported quarter-size hail during the morning hours of July 3rd, as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Pierce | - | A trained spotter estimated 1.25 inch diameter hail. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Pierce | - | The equipment at Pierce reported 0.84 inches of rain in 24 hours. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Pierce | - | Equipment at Pierce reported 0.81 inches of rainfall and Pierce USFS ranger station reported 0.70 inch. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pierce | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oro Fino (historical) | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Judge Town | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cardiff Mill | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Jaype | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hollywood | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Poorman | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cardiff | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Haley | 6.7 miles | 10 |
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 Pierce | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1517751 | 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 397030. 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.







