Weippe, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Weippe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83553. It stands on Grasshopper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weippe North quadrangle. 400 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,015 feet above sea level.
On record in Weippe
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
Weippe PrairieNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Brown's Creek CCC Camp Barrackslisted 1984- Weippe Community Halllisted 2025
Population over time
2 figuresWeippe fell from 441 to 400 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 | 441 | |
| 2020 | 400 | -41 (-9%) |
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 Weippe North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Kooskia quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Weippe North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Weippe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 318 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 8 were 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 | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FIDDLER ROAD |
| 6 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FIDLER FLATS |
| 6 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOLO |
| 4 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WEIPPE CEDAR |
| 4 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.4 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WOODS ROAD |
| 29 September 2019 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BORDERLINE |
| 29 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | RESERVE POND |
| 23 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FORDS LOADER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Weippe: 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Gold, Stone, Dimension, Beryllium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allgood Prospect | Beryllium | Occurrence | Aquamarine | |
| Cw-69s Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Weippe Iron Deposit | Iron, Gold | Occurrence | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weippe in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 2014 | Hail | Weippe | $104,000 | A farmer reported major property and crop damage due to both large hail and wind. The property damage included 5 rental home roofs, siding from 3 homes, several windows, and 12 garage doors that either were dented or destroyed. Approximately 75% of his spring wheat crop, approximately 450 acres, was decimated by the wind and hail. In the 67 years that he has lived there, there was only one other storm that was comparable to this one. Back in 1963, a similar storm decimated his dad's crops. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weippe | $17,000 | A farmer reported around 12 trees (pine and red fir) broke between 6 and 16 feet above the ground. A bull pine near 3 feet in diameter at the base, broke off around 6 feet from the ground and destroyed a trailer house. |
| April 2018 | Flood | Weippe | $5,000 | Very heavy rainfall with amounts ranging from 1 to 3 inches combined with snow melt over a several day period led to overland flooding with rock, mud and water along portions of Clear Creek Road, Sally Ann Road, and on State Highway 13 along the South Fork Clearwater River halfway between Stites and Harpster. Plugged culverts were common. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weippe | - | Strong winds downed trees, leading to an extended power outage in the Glenwood area. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Weippe | - | A person on Facebook reported large hail south of Weippe. |
| July 2019 | Hail | Weippe | - | Nickel to quarter-sized hail was reported in the town of Harpster, Idaho. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Weippe | - | The USDA reported that at least 400 acres of hard red spring wheat were destroyed and 700 acres were damaged. They also reported that 183.6 acres of soft wheat were destroyed and 189.2 acres were damaged. All in all, the total crop damage tallied at $425,000. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Weippe | - | A spotter measured hail of 1.75 inch diameter. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Weippe | - | A spotter estimated hail at 1.75 inches. In addition 1.25 inches of rain fell in 1.5 hours. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Weippe | - | no account filed |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weippe | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weippe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobson | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Johnsons Mill | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Peterson Corners | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cooper | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Omill | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Haley | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cow Creek | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Rudo | 8.7 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 Weippe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1517811 | 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 398329. 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.







