Worley, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Worley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83876. It stands on Worley Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Worley quadrangle. 253 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,661 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWorley fell from 257 to 253 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 | 257 | |
| 2020 | 253 | -4 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Plummer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Plummer NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS St Maries quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Worley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
104 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Worley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 436 acres in total. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | BITTER |
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Mica Area Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | WILLIAMS ROAD |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Northern Idaho Agency | LUDICROUS FIRE |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | COTTONWOOD |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | PLUMMER/FAIRFIELD |
| 27 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | COTTONWOOD RD |
| 24 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Northern Idaho Agency | A512 |
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 Worley: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Pit Bw 84 5 | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Plummer Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worley in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 hail, 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worley | $300,000 | A microburst was thought to be responsible for snapping twenty consecutive power poles between the Setters substation and Highway 95 along Setters Road. It is inconclusive whether the initial wind gust snapped only a few poles or was the direct cause for damaging all the poles. It is speculated that a few poles broke in response to the microburst resulting in a domino effect to the remaining poles due to the absence of additional damage in the area. |
| September 1998 | Wildfire | Worley | $20,000 | A 30 acre grass fire spread into timber land, closing Sunny Slope Road. Breezy winds helped carry the fire. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Worley | - | State Highway 58 near US -95 was closed due to flooding. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worley | - | A trained spotter reported wind gusts of 66 mph from a severe thunderstorm. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Worley | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozart | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Ch'ach'alqw Landing | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Setters | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rockford Bay | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Harrison | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Conkling Park | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Bellgrove | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Lacon | 9.5 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 Worley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1509745 | 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 398386. 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.





