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Cascade, Idaho
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Cascade in July 1941
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| Motto(s):
"Play, Stay, Relax, in the beautiful Cascade area"
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Location of Cascade in Valley County, Idaho.
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 Cascade, Idaho
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Valley |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.71 sq mi (12.19 km2) |
| • Land | 4.12 sq mi (10.68 km2) |
| • Water | 0.58 sq mi (1.51 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,760 ft (1,450 m) |
| Population
(2010)
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| • Total | 939 |
| • Estimate
(2019)
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1,025 |
| • Density | 248.55/sq mi (95.97/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain (MST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (MDT) |
| ZIP code |
83611
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| Area code(s) | 208, 986 |
| FIPS code | 16-13150 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0396241 |
Cascade is a rural city in and the county seat of Valley County, Idaho, United States. The population was 939 at the 2010 census, down from 997 in 2000.
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History
The Cascade Dam across the Payette River was completed in 1948, and is located in the north end of the city. The dam created Cascade Reservoir along the west side of the city. With the introduction of nearby Tamarack Resort in 2004, the name was officially changed to Lake Cascade for marketing reasons.
Cascade was the home of a sizable Boise Cascade sawmill, which closed in May 2001.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.86 square miles (12.59 km2), of which, 4.17 square miles (10.80 km2) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.79 km2) is water.
Minor earthquake
A minor earthquake here in 1977 measured 4.5 on the Richter scale and lasted over a minute; felt across the region, it was centered near Cascade and occurred in the early hours of Sunday, November 27.
Climate
Cascade experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen abbreviation Dsb) with long, cold, snowy winters and short, warm, dry summers.
| Climate data for Cascade, Idaho, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1942–2017 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 50 (10) |
58 (14) |
70 (21) |
83 (28) |
88 (31) |
98 (37) |
103 (39) |
100 (38) |
95 (35) |
89 (32) |
67 (19) |
53 (12) |
103 (39) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 43.7 (6.5) |
47.7 (8.7) |
57.9 (14.4) |
70.9 (21.6) |
79.8 (26.6) |
86.1 (30.1) |
92.9 (33.8) |
91.6 (33.1) |
85.4 (29.7) |
74.7 (23.7) |
56.3 (13.5) |
43.7 (6.5) |
93.8 (34.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 31.6 (−0.2) |
37.1 (2.8) |
44.9 (7.2) |
52.9 (11.6) |
62.8 (17.1) |
70.3 (21.3) |
82.2 (27.9) |
81.9 (27.7) |
72.5 (22.5) |
57.9 (14.4) |
41.7 (5.4) |
31.5 (−0.3) |
55.6 (13.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 23.2 (−4.9) |
27.2 (−2.7) |
34.3 (1.3) |
41.2 (5.1) |
50.0 (10.0) |
56.7 (13.7) |
65.2 (18.4) |
64.4 (18.0) |
56.0 (13.3) |
44.6 (7.0) |
33.1 (0.6) |
23.8 (−4.6) |
43.3 (6.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 14.8 (−9.6) |
17.4 (−8.1) |
23.7 (−4.6) |
29.6 (−1.3) |
37.2 (2.9) |
43.0 (6.1) |
48.3 (9.1) |
46.8 (8.2) |
39.6 (4.2) |
31.3 (−0.4) |
24.5 (−4.2) |
16.1 (−8.8) |
31.0 (−0.5) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −12.0 (−24.4) |
−8.9 (−22.7) |
2.2 (−16.6) |
14.3 (−9.8) |
22.0 (−5.6) |
27.6 (−2.4) |
34.7 (1.5) |
33.2 (0.7) |
23.2 (−4.9) |
15.0 (−9.4) |
2.8 (−16.2) |
−10.2 (−23.4) |
−17.7 (−27.6) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −40 (−40) |
−33 (−36) |
−25 (−32) |
2 (−17) |
12 (−11) |
21 (−6) |
27 (−3) |
24 (−4) |
14 (−10) |
1 (−17) |
−21 (−29) |
−36 (−38) |
−40 (−40) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.96 (75) |
2.45 (62) |
2.63 (67) |
2.05 (52) |
2.13 (54) |
1.77 (45) |
0.50 (13) |
0.44 (11) |
0.99 (25) |
1.71 (43) |
2.61 (66) |
3.51 (89) |
23.75 (602) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 21.8 (55) |
14.1 (36) |
9.2 (23) |
3.3 (8.4) |
0.4 (1.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.9 (2.3) |
10.1 (26) |
26.4 (67) |
86.3 (218.95) |
| Average extreme snow depth inches (cm) | 21.7 (55) |
22.2 (56) |
17.9 (45) |
4.9 (12) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.6 (1.5) |
6.8 (17) |
15.9 (40) |
25.3 (64) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 14.8 | 12.0 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.5 | 10.5 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 9.6 | 14.4 | 15.8 | 131.5 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 10.1 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 6.1 | 10.7 | 44.5 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima, snow depth 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Middle Fork Lodge, Idaho, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2013 | |||||||||||||
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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) |
76 (24) |
87 (31) |
95 (35) |
100 (38) |
103 (39) |
104 (40) |
98 (37) |
92 (33) |
68 (20) |
59 (15) |
104 (40) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 48.3 (9.1) |
54.1 (12.3) |
66.1 (18.9) |
76.9 (24.9) |
84.8 (29.3) |
91.6 (33.1) |
98.0 (36.7) |
96.7 (35.9) |
90.5 (32.5) |
78.9 (26.1) |
59.7 (15.4) |
47.7 (8.7) |
99.0 (37.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34.1 (1.2) |
40.4 (4.7) |
49.8 (9.9) |
57.3 (14.1) |
66.6 (19.2) |
75.0 (23.9) |
85.7 (29.8) |
85.0 (29.4) |
75.9 (24.4) |
60.7 (15.9) |
43.0 (6.1) |
33.3 (0.7) |
58.9 (14.9) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 25.0 (−3.9) |
29.2 (−1.6) |
37.4 (3.0) |
44.0 (6.7) |
52.4 (11.3) |
59.5 (15.3) |
67.1 (19.5) |
65.6 (18.7) |
57.5 (14.2) |
45.8 (7.7) |
33.1 (0.6) |
24.2 (−4.3) |
45.1 (7.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 15.9 (−8.9) |
17.9 (−7.8) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
30.8 (−0.7) |
38.1 (3.4) |
43.9 (6.6) |
48.4 (9.1) |
46.3 (7.9) |
39.1 (3.9) |
30.8 (−0.7) |
23.1 (−4.9) |
15.2 (−9.3) |
31.2 (−0.4) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −4.5 (−20.3) |
−0.6 (−18.1) |
10.6 (−11.9) |
19.5 (−6.9) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
32.1 (0.1) |
37.1 (2.8) |
35.6 (2.0) |
26.5 (−3.1) |
18.7 (−7.4) |
5.6 (−14.7) |
−3.0 (−19.4) |
−10.8 (−23.8) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −23 (−31) |
−20 (−29) |
−3 (−19) |
10 (−12) |
20 (−7) |
22 (−6) |
27 (−3) |
28 (−2) |
18 (−8) |
4 (−16) |
−15 (−26) |
−28 (−33) |
−28 (−33) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.44 (37) |
1.24 (31) |
1.22 (31) |
1.45 (37) |
1.75 (44) |
1.64 (42) |
0.76 (19) |
0.68 (17) |
1.02 (26) |
1.27 (32) |
1.59 (40) |
1.79 (45) |
15.85 (401) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 11.9 (30) |
6.4 (16) |
3.3 (8.4) |
1.1 (2.8) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
1.0 (2.5) |
4.3 (11) |
12.5 (32) |
40.7 (103.21) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.7 | 8.0 | 9.6 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 108.1 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 7.0 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 7.1 | 27.2 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
| Climate data for Taylor Ranch, Idaho, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1974–2015 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 56 (13) |
63 (17) |
78 (26) |
86 (30) |
96 (36) |
98 (37) |
107 (42) |
102 (39) |
97 (36) |
86 (30) |
67 (19) |
55 (13) |
107 (42) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 43.0 (6.1) |
50.7 (10.4) |
64.6 (18.1) |
78.0 (25.6) |
86.3 (30.2) |
93.3 (34.1) |
99.0 (37.2) |
96.8 (36.0) |
90.6 (32.6) |
75.8 (24.3) |
56.1 (13.4) |
44.1 (6.7) |
99.5 (37.5) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 30.9 (−0.6) |
38.4 (3.6) |
49.8 (9.9) |
58.7 (14.8) |
68.1 (20.1) |
76.4 (24.7) |
88.3 (31.3) |
87.2 (30.7) |
75.9 (24.4) |
58.0 (14.4) |
40.6 (4.8) |
30.2 (−1.0) |
58.5 (14.8) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 23.6 (−4.7) |
28.9 (−1.7) |
38.2 (3.4) |
45.8 (7.7) |
53.9 (12.2) |
60.9 (16.1) |
69.7 (20.9) |
68.4 (20.2) |
58.7 (14.8) |
45.5 (7.5) |
32.7 (0.4) |
23.5 (−4.7) |
45.8 (7.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 16.4 (−8.7) |
19.4 (−7.0) |
26.6 (−3.0) |
32.8 (0.4) |
39.6 (4.2) |
45.4 (7.4) |
51.0 (10.6) |
49.6 (9.8) |
41.5 (5.3) |
33.0 (0.6) |
24.8 (−4.0) |
16.7 (−8.5) |
33.1 (0.6) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | −1.0 (−18.3) |
2.5 (−16.4) |
13.0 (−10.6) |
23.1 (−4.9) |
28.4 (−2.0) |
34.0 (1.1) |
41.9 (5.5) |
40.4 (4.7) |
30.9 (−0.6) |
21.7 (−5.7) |
10.3 (−12.1) |
0.5 (−17.5) |
−7.1 (−21.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −11 (−24) |
−21 (−29) |
−2 (−19) |
16 (−9) |
24 (−4) |
28 (−2) |
32 (0) |
30 (−1) |
23 (−5) |
12 (−11) |
−4 (−20) |
−21 (−29) |
−21 (−29) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.21 (31) |
0.87 (22) |
1.07 (27) |
1.49 (38) |
1.84 (47) |
1.73 (44) |
0.99 (25) |
0.69 (18) |
1.10 (28) |
1.36 (35) |
1.44 (37) |
1.09 (28) |
14.88 (380) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 9.4 (24) |
5.3 (13) |
3.0 (7.6) |
0.3 (0.76) |
0.2 (0.51) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
4.7 (12) |
8.1 (21) |
31.2 (79.38) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 10.3 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 11.4 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 111.0 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 7.4 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 7.3 | 27.6 |
| Source 1: NOAA | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service (mean maxima/minima 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1920 | 299 | — | |
| 1930 | 726 | 142.8% | |
| 1940 | 1,029 | 41.7% | |
| 1950 | 943 | −8.4% | |
| 1960 | 923 | −2.1% | |
| 1970 | 833 | −9.8% | |
| 1980 | 945 | 13.4% | |
| 1990 | 877 | −7.2% | |
| 2000 | 997 | 13.7% | |
| 2010 | 939 | −5.8% | |
| 2019 (est.) | 1,025 | 9.2% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 939 people, 416 households, and 256 families residing in the city. The population density was 225.2 inhabitants per square mile (87.0/km2). There were 847 housing units at an average density of 203.1 per square mile (78.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.5% White, 0.2% African American, 0.9% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.6% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.7% of the population.
There were 416 households, of which 24.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.6% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.5% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.77.
The median age in the city was 46.4 years. 19.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.9% were from 25 to 44; 33.9% were from 45 to 64; and 18% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.7% male and 49.3% female.
Infrastructure
State Highway 55 passes through Cascade.
Notable people
- Terry Gestrin, member of the Idaho House of Representatives
- Ken Roberts, former member of the Idaho House of Representatives
- Chris Crutcher, novelist and family therapist
- Rod Miller, MLB player
- Norman L. Foote, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Idaho from 1957 to 1972
See also
In Spanish: Cascade (Idaho) para niños
