Headquarters, Idaho
Headquarters, Idaho | |
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Coordinates: 46°37′48″N 115°48′34″W / 46.63000°N 115.80944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Idaho |
County | Clearwater |
Elevation | 3,159 ft (963 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code(s) | 208, 986 |
GNIS feature ID | 396638[1] |
Headquarters is an unincorporated community in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States. Headquarters is located on State Highway 11, 10 miles (16 km) north of Pierce.
History
[edit]A company town of Potlatch Corp., it was originally established as a fire protection station in 1906.[2] Headquarters was the northeastern terminus of the Camas Prairie Railroad.
Headquarters' population was estimated at 300 in 1960.[3]
The closure of lumber mills in the area in the 1980s and 1990s eliminated many jobs and severely impacted its population.[4][5][6]
Climate
[edit]According to the Köppen climate classification system, Grangeville qualifies as having a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb).
Climate data for Headquarters, Idaho 1991–2020 normals, 1959-2020 extremes: 3200ft (975m) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 55 (13) | 64 (18) | 72 (22) | 88 (31) | 97 (36) | 97 (36) | 102 (39) | 108 (42) | 99 (37) | 85 (29) | 69 (21) | 55 (13) | 108 (42) |
Mean maximum °F (°C) | 46.2 (7.9) | 53.0 (11.7) | 62.1 (16.7) | 74.5 (23.6) | 82.5 (28.1) | 89.0 (31.7) | 93.0 (33.9) | 93.8 (34.3) | 88.3 (31.3) | 75.2 (24.0) | 55.9 (13.3) | 44.3 (6.8) | 93.8 (34.3) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 35.0 (1.7) | 39.4 (4.1) | 45.5 (7.5) | 52.4 (11.3) | 63.2 (17.3) | 69.7 (20.9) | 80.1 (26.7) | 79.6 (26.4) | 70.3 (21.3) | 55.5 (13.1) | 41.6 (5.3) | 33.2 (0.7) | 55.5 (13.0) |
Daily mean °F (°C) | 26.7 (−2.9) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 34.3 (1.3) | 39.5 (4.2) | 48.6 (9.2) | 55.0 (12.8) | 62.0 (16.7) | 60.6 (15.9) | 52.6 (11.4) | 41.8 (5.4) | 33.2 (0.7) | 26.4 (−3.1) | 42.6 (5.9) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 18.5 (−7.5) | 20.3 (−6.5) | 23.1 (−4.9) | 26.5 (−3.1) | 33.9 (1.1) | 40.3 (4.6) | 44.0 (6.7) | 41.5 (5.3) | 35.0 (1.7) | 28.1 (−2.2) | 24.7 (−4.1) | 19.6 (−6.9) | 29.6 (−1.3) |
Mean minimum °F (°C) | −1.9 (−18.8) | 3.3 (−15.9) | 12.1 (−11.1) | 21.1 (−6.1) | 25.0 (−3.9) | 31.8 (−0.1) | 36.4 (2.4) | 35.2 (1.8) | 26.5 (−3.1) | 18.6 (−7.4) | 10.6 (−11.9) | −0.1 (−17.8) | −9.1 (−22.8) |
Record low °F (°C) | −27 (−33) | −21 (−29) | −11 (−24) | 4 (−16) | 19 (−7) | 25 (−4) | 26 (−3) | 28 (−2) | 18 (−8) | 1 (−17) | −22 (−30) | −28 (−33) | −28 (−33) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.75 (121) | 4.17 (106) | 4.57 (116) | 3.66 (93) | 3.49 (89) | 2.66 (68) | 0.90 (23) | 1.03 (26) | 1.43 (36) | 3.42 (87) | 5.23 (133) | 5.58 (142) | 40.89 (1,040) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 32.80 (83.3) | 16.60 (42.2) | 16.50 (41.9) | 4.20 (10.7) | 0.80 (2.0) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.00 (0.00) | 0.20 (0.51) | 16.00 (40.6) | 31.60 (80.3) | 118.7 (301.51) |
Source 1: NOAA[7] | |||||||||||||
Source 2: XMACIS2 (temp records & 1981-2010 monthly max/mins)[8] |
Climate data for Headquarters (1959-2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 55 (13) | 64 (18) | 72 (22) | 88 (31) | 97 (36) | 97 (36) | 102 (39) | 108 (42) | 99 (37) | 85 (29) | 69 (21) | 55 (13) | 108 (42) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 35 (2) | 39.9 (4.4) | 45.2 (7.3) | 53.1 (11.7) | 62.8 (17.1) | 70.9 (21.6) | 80.8 (27.1) | 80.6 (27.0) | 70.4 (21.3) | 57 (14) | 42.6 (5.9) | 34.3 (1.3) | 56.1 (13.4) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 18.8 (−7.3) | 19.6 (−6.9) | 23.3 (−4.8) | 28.7 (−1.8) | 34.9 (1.6) | 42 (6) | 45.1 (7.3) | 43.4 (6.3) | 36.5 (2.5) | 29.9 (−1.2) | 25.2 (−3.8) | 19.3 (−7.1) | 30.6 (−0.8) |
Record low °F (°C) | −27 (−33) | −24 (−31) | −11 (−24) | 4 (−16) | 19 (−7) | 25 (−4) | 26 (−3) | 28 (−2) | 18 (−8) | 1 (−17) | −5 (−21) | −28 (−33) | −28 (−33) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.41 (137) | 3.79 (96) | 3.94 (100) | 3.26 (83) | 3.26 (83) | 2.53 (64) | 1.06 (27) | 1.24 (31) | 1.69 (43) | 3 (76) | 5.15 (131) | 5.4 (140) | 39.74 (1,009) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 29.9 (76) | 15.9 (40) | 13 (33) | 4 (10) | 0.4 (1.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.6 (1.5) | 14.1 (36) | 28.6 (73) | 106.5 (271) |
Average precipitation days | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 144 |
Source: WRCC[9] |
References
[edit]- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Headquarters, Idaho
- ^ "Company town began as fire headquarters". Lewiston Morning Tribune. October 6, 1955. p. 6.
- ^ World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. I. Field Enterprises Corporation. 1960. p. 27.
- ^ Ripley, Richard (August 25, 1985). "Logging town's existence threatened". Spokesman-Review. p. B1.
- ^ Viden, Paul (February 25, 1992). "Potlatch saves 59 logging jobs". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. p. 12A.
- ^ Free, Cathy (May 27, 1992). "It's hard to go after the good life in Idaho logging town". Spokesman-Review. p. B1.
- ^ "Headquarters, Idaho 1991-2020 Monthly Normals". Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "xmACIS". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "HEADQUARTERS, ID (104150)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 26, 2015.