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.
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
Polly Bemis Houselisted 1988
Riggins Motellisted 2001- Aitken Barnlisted 1982
- Campbell's Ferrylisted 2007
- Riggins High Schoollisted 2024
- Yawwinma Traditional Cultural Propertylisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresRiggins 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 419 | |
| 2020 | 372 | -47 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1938 USGS Riggins quadrangle1:125000
- 1938 USGS Riggins quadrangle1:96000
- 1945 USGS Riggins quadrangle1:125000
- 1955 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Grangeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Riggins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Riggins quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Riggins quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | GARRISON FLAT |
| 18 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Natural | 75 acres | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | WHISKEY BUTTE |
| 11 September 1992 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Payette National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Natural | 60 acres | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | RACE CREEK |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | MM 190 |
| 6 August 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | CAPTAIN JOHN |
| 5 August 2009 | Natural | 347 acres | Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests | LIGHTNING CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollenbeat Quartz Deposit | Silica | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Mine | Lead, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Bootlegger | Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Frozen Assets Claim | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Red Demon Mill | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Hail | Riggins | - | Minor damage to vegetation was reported, with lots of leaves down. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Riggins | - | Broadcast media reported hail estimated at 1.25 inches in diameter. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Riggins | - | The Little Salmon River washed over Highway 95 south of Riggins. Culvert failure let water and debris flow across Highway 13 near Stites. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Riggins | - | A person reported hail the size of golf balls at Slate Creek along with strong winds and heavy rain. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riggins | - | 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 2004 | Heavy Rain | Riggins | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Riggins | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riggins | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Heavy Rain | Riggins | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Riggins | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeVeny Place | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Riggins Hot Springs | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lucile | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pollock | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Gotzinger | 10.3 miles | 13 | |
| Potter Place | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| McCrea Place | 11.8 miles | 15 | |
| Slate Creek | 15.0 miles | 11 |
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 Riggins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1515213 | 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 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.







