Headquarters, Idaho
| Headquarters, Idaho | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  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 | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| Area code(s) | 208 |
| 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. 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.
The closure of lumber mills in the area in the 1980s and 1990s eliminated many jobs and severely impacted its population.[3][4][5]
Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Grangeville qualifies as having an warm-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). However, its cold winters nearly classify it as having a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb).
| Climate data for Headquarters (1959-2010) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
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 (137.4) |
3.79 (96.3) |
3.94 (100.1) |
3.26 (82.8) |
3.26 (82.8) |
2.53 (64.3) |
1.06 (26.9) |
1.24 (31.5) |
1.69 (42.9) |
3 (80) |
5.15 (130.8) |
5.4 (137) |
39.74 (1,009.4) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 29.9 (75.9) |
15.9 (40.4) |
13 (33) |
4 (10) |
0.4 (1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.6 (1.5) |
14.1 (35.8) |
28.6 (72.6) |
106.5 (270.5) |
| Average precipitation days | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 144 |
| Source: WRCC[6] | |||||||||||||
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.
- ↑ 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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