Headquarters, Idaho
Headquarters, Idaho | |
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  Headquarters, Idaho | |
| Coordinates: 46°37′48″N 115°48′34″W / 46.63000°N 115.80944°WCoordinates: 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[]
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[]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Grangeville qualifies as having a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb).
| hideClimate 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) |
| Average high °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) |
| Average low °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[7] | |||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ 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. 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, ID (104150)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
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