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Riggins, Idaho

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Riggins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83549. It stands on Little Salmon River. The Survey maps it on the Riggins quadrangle. 372 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,821 feet above sea level.

Riggins within Idaho County

On record in Riggins

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Riggins fell from 419 to 372 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
2010419
2020372-47 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Riggins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,807 acres in total. 49 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
2 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsGARRISON FLAT
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National Forestsnot named
14 September 2010Natural75 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsWHISKEY BUTTE
11 September 1992Natural1.5 acresPayette National Forestnot named
8 August 2019Natural60 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsRACE CREEK
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsMM 190
6 August 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsCAPTAIN JOHN
5 August 2009Natural347 acresNez Perce - Clearwater National ForestsLIGHTNING CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Idaho County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riggins: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Silica. 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
Hollenbeat Quartz DepositSilicaOccurrenceVein
Unnamed MineLead, CopperUnknown
BootleggerCopper, SilverUnknown
Frozen Assets ClaimGoldPast Producer
Red Demon MillGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Idaho County

Storms near this place

10 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riggins in 10 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2022HailRiggins-Minor damage to vegetation was reported, with lots of leaves down.
June 2012HailRiggins-Broadcast media reported hail estimated at 1.25 inches in diameter.
June 2010FloodRiggins-The Little Salmon River washed over Highway 95 south of Riggins. Culvert failure let water and debris flow across Highway 13 near Stites.
June 2007HailRiggins-A person reported hail the size of golf balls at Slate Creek along with strong winds and heavy rain.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindRiggins-Two reports of thunderstorm wind gusts 60-70 mph at Riggins. They broke off small tree limbs, and blew shingles and parts of roofs off structures. The storm lasted about an hour.
June 2004Heavy RainRiggins-no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodRiggins-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRiggins-no account filed
July 2001Heavy RainRiggins-no account filed
July 2001HailRiggins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Idaho 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
DeVeny Place6.1 miles15
Riggins Hot Springs7.6 miles13
Lucile7.8 miles10
Pollock7.9 miles13
Gotzinger10.3 miles13
Potter Place10.3 miles15
McCrea Place11.8 miles15
Slate Creek15.0 miles11

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 RigginsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1515213The 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 389360. 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.