Naples, Idaho
48°34′19″N 116°23′41″W / 48.57194°N 116.39472°W
Naples is a small unincorporated community in Boundary County, in the far north of Idaho, United States.[1] It lies 11 miles (18 kilometers) south of the city of Bonners Ferry and 23 mi (37 km) north of Sandpoint, on U.S. Routes 2/95 in the Rocky Mountains. It is very close to the US-Canada border. The ZIP Code for Naples is 83847.[2]
Naples is near the land features of Caribou Ridge and Ruby Creek. The Ruby Ridge standoff of 1992, between federal agencies and the Randy Weaver family, took place about 8 miles (13 km) from the city. It resulted in the deaths of three people, including a deputy US marshal and two of the Weaver family.[3]
It was named after the Italian city, from which many immigrant laborers had come who worked on building the first rail line through the region around 1890.[4]
Geography
[edit]Naples is located at 48°34′19″N 116°23′41″W / 48.57194°N 116.39472°W.[1]
The city has a total area of 872.79 sq mi (2,260.5 km2), of which, 868.31 sq mi (2,248.9 km2) is land and 4.48 sq mi (11.6 km2) is water.[5]
Climate data for Naples | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °F (°C) | 55 (13) | 63 (17) | 75 (24) | 89 (32) | 95 (35) | 105 (41) | 104 (40) | 106 (41) | 97 (36) | 84 (29) | 67 (19) | 57 (14) | 105 (41) |
Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34 (1) | 39 (4) | 50 (10) | 61 (16) | 70 (21) | 76 (24) | 84 (29) | 84 (29) | 73 (23) | 57 (14) | 42 (6) | 32 (0) | 58.5 (14.7) |
Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 23 (−5) | 24 (−4) | 29 (−2) | 34 (1) | 41 (5) | 48 (9) | 51 (11) | 50 (10) | 42 (6) | 34 (1) | 29 (−2) | 21 (−6) | 35.5 (1.9) |
Record low °F (°C) | −29 (−34) | −25 (−32) | −12 (−24) | 10 (−12) | 17 (−8) | 23 (−5) | 32 (0) | 28 (−2) | 15 (−9) | 8 (−13) | −13 (−25) | −33 (−36) | −33 (−36) |
Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.56 (65) | 1.60 (41) | 1.66 (42) | 1.37 (35) | 1.76 (45) | 1.68 (43) | 0.74 (19) | 0.69 (18) | 1.02 (26) | 1.65 (42) | 2.92 (74) | 2.87 (73) | 20.52 (523) |
Average snowfall inches (cm) | 16.0 (41) | 10.5 (27) | 3.4 (8.6) | 0.5 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.5 (1.3) | 9.2 (23) | 22.0 (56) | 62.1 (158.2) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 12.6 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 120.7 |
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) | 7.8 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 27.9 |
Source: The Weather Channel [6] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Naples". USGS. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Naples ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ Wilson, Jason (August 26, 2017). "Ruby Ridge, 1992: the day the American militia movement was born". the Guardian. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ Boone, Lalia Phipps (1988). Idaho place names : a geographical dictionary. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press. p. 268. ISBN 0893011193.
- ^ "Idaho 2010" (PDF). US Census. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Naples, ID Monthly Weather". The Weather Channel. Retrieved April 24, 2019.