Yellow Pine, Idaho

Yellow Pine is an unincorporated census-designated place in Valley County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 32.[1] Yellow Pine has an area of 0.995 square miles (2.58 km2); 0.984 square miles (2.55 km2) of this is land, and 0.011 square miles (0.028 km2) is water.

Yellow Pine, Idaho
unincorporated census-designated place
Sign seen when entering town
Location of Yellow Pine in Valley County, Idaho.
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountyValley
Area
 • Total0.995 sq mi (2.58 km2)
 • Land0.984 sq mi (2.55 km2)
 • Water0.011 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total32
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (MDT)
ZIP code
83677
Area code(s)208
FIPS code16-88660
GNIS feature ID0393748

Although unincorporated, the community has its own zip code, 83677, where overall 44 people live on a total land area of 174.269 square miles (451.35 km2), according to the 2010 Census.[2]

Yellow Pine's informational sign seen in August 2011

Yellow Pine is a 247-acre (1.00 km2) "inholder" community in eastern Valley Co., located on the East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River, approximately half a mile upstream from its confluence with Johnson Creek. It is bounded on the north by the Payette National Forest and on the south by the Boise National Forest. Located at 4,802 feet (1,464 m), Yellow Pine has historically served as the trade center for the larger Yellow Pine basin mining area, including Stibnite. Many of the early miner-settlers came from Warren.

In 1906 Albert Behne established the first post office and mail service. Behne had a dream. A grower of roses who loved classical music and opera, he envisioned a thriving city complete with street cars. In 1924 he received the patent on the 47½ acres where the village presently exists. In 1930, at the age of 76, he platted the original Yellow Pine townsite.

Other original patentees were Oscar Ray Call, Behne's former mining partner, and Henry Abstein. Abstein, the first patentee in the area, homesteaded 160 acres (0.65 km2) north and east of the present townsite. Although his primary interest was mining, he was also an active horticulturist and many of the apple trees that he planted are still living today. His original holdings have since been subdivided.

Yellow Pine is located 50 miles (80 km) east of McCall, via the Lick Creek road (open seasonally); 65 miles (105 km) from Cascade, via the Warm Lake and Johnson Creek Roads (open seasonally); and 70 miles (110 km) from Cascade via the Warm Lake and South Fork Roads (open year around).

It is home to the Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival, which is held the first weekend in August of each year and draws two to three thousand fans and musicians to the remote back-country of central Idaho where they enjoy music at the outdoor stage, auction of donated items, and vendor booths along the dirt street through the center of the village. It is located near Forest camp grounds, rivers and lakes. There are yearly snowmobile trips from Warm Lake to Yellow Pine with overnight accommodations. The Frank Church Wilderness Area about twenty miles away has excellent hiking areas. The community is surrounded by Unit 25 for Elk, deer, bear, and cougar hunting.

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
U.S. Decennial Census[3]

Climate

Yellow Pine has a dry-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dsb), bordering on a subarctic climate (Dfc). Summers are pleasant, with warm days and chilly nights with lows close to freezing. Winters are cold and snowy, with lows reaching the single digits and annual snowfall averaging 104 inches (264 cm). Max snowpack depth averages 24 inches (61 cm) and is usually reached during the month of February.[4]

Climate data for Yellow Pine (1970-2007)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 55
(13)		 63
(17)		 75
(24)		 85
(29)		 89
(32)		 92
(33)		 101
(38)		 96
(36)		 93
(34)		 83
(28)		 69
(21)		 51
(11)		 101
(38)
Average high °F (°C) 33.3
(0.7)		 38.6
(3.7)		 45
(7)		 51.7
(10.9)		 61.3
(16.3)		 69.8
(21.0)		 80.2
(26.8)		 80.1
(26.7)		 70.1
(21.2)		 57.8
(14.3)		 40.1
(4.5)		 32.3
(0.2)		 55
(13)
Average low °F (°C) 9.1
(−12.7)		 11.1
(−11.6)		 18.1
(−7.7)		 23.9
(−4.5)		 30.3
(−0.9)		 35.5
(1.9)		 39.3
(4.1)		 37.3
(2.9)		 30.5
(−0.8)		 24.7
(−4.1)		 18.2
(−7.7)		 9.6
(−12.4)		 24
(−4)
Record low °F (°C) −35
(−37)		 −33
(−36)		 −20
(−29)		 −4
(−20)		 16
(−9)		 22
(−6)		 26
(−3)		 21
(−6)		 13
(−11)		 −5
(−21)		 −20
(−29)		 −33
(−36)		 −35
(−37)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 3.22
(82)		 2.58
(66)		 2.4
(61)		 1.97
(50)		 2
(51)		 1.93
(49)		 1.05
(27)		 1.01
(26)		 1.57
(40)		 1.73
(44)		 3.48
(88)		 3.77
(96)		 26.71
(678)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 24.8
(63)		 17.3
(44)		 11
(28)		 5.8
(15)		 0.9
(2.3)		 0.1
(0.25)		 0
(0)		 0
(0)		 0.1
(0.25)		 2.3
(5.8)		 16
(41)		 25.6
(65)		 103.9
(264)
Average precipitation days 14 11 11 11 10 10 5 6 6 7 13 14 118
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References
  1. "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  2. zip-codes.com 83677
  3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  4. "YELLOW PINE 7 S, IDAHO - Climate Summary". wrcc.dri.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-27.
  5. "YELLOW PINE 7 S, ID (109951)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 27, 2015.

Local histories
  • Cox, Lafe & Emma. Idaho Mountains/Our Home, Life in the Idaho's Back County. VO Ranch Books, 1997.
  • Sumner, Nancy. Yellow Pine, Idaho, (printed privately).

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