Yellow Pine, Idaho

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In 1906, Albert Behne established the first post office and mail service. 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 {{convert|160|acre|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 {{convert|50|mi|km}} east of McCall, via the Lick Creek road (open seasonally); {{convert|65|mi|km}} from Cascade, via the Warm Lake and Johnson Creek Roads (open seasonally); and {{convert|70|mi|km}} from Cascade via the Warm Lake and South Fork Roads (open year around).

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Although unincorporated, the community has its own zip code, 83677, where overall 44 people live on a total land area of {{convert|174.269|mi2|km2}}, according to the 2010 census.[http://www.zip-codes.com/zip-code/83677/zip-code-83677.asp zip-codes.com 83677]

Yellow Pine is a {{convert|247|acre|km2|adj=on}} "inholder" community in eastern Valley County, 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 {{convert|4802|ft|m}}, Yellow Pine has historically served as the trade center for the larger Yellow Pine basin mining area, including the Stibnite Mining District. Many of the early miner-settlers came from Warren, Idaho.

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 {{convert|104|in|cm}}. Max snowpack depth averages {{convert|24|in|cm}} and is usually reached during the month of February.{{Cite web|title=YELLOW PINE 7 S, IDAHO - Climate Summary|url=https://wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?id9951|website=wrcc.dri.edu|access-date=2020-05-27}}

{{Weather box

|location = Yellow Pine, Idaho, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1926–present

|single line = Yes

|collapsed = yes

|Jan record high F = 57

|Feb record high F = 63

|Mar record high F = 73

|Apr record high F = 85

|May record high F = 91

|Jun record high F = 104

|Jul record high F = 101

|Aug record high F = 103

|Sep record high F = 101

|Oct record high F = 92

|Nov record high F = 70

|Dec record high F = 56

|Jan avg record high F = 47

|Feb avg record high F = 53

|Mar avg record high F = 60

|Apr avg record high F = 70

|May avg record high F = 80

|Jun avg record high F = 86

|Jul avg record high F = 93

|Aug avg record high F = 92

|Sep avg record high F = 86

|Oct avg record high F = 77

|Nov avg record high F = 58

|Dec avg record high F = 45

|year avg record high F = 94

|Jan high F = 36.1

|Feb high F = 40.4

|Mar high F = 46.3

|Apr high F = 55.7

|May high F = 64.1

|Jun high F = 73.9

|Jul high F = 86.6

|Aug high F = 86.5

|Sep high F = 76.4

|Oct high F = 59.4

|Nov high F = 43.0

|Dec high F = 33.6

|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 24.2

|Feb mean F = 28.2

|Mar mean F = 34.6

|Apr mean F = 42.3

|May mean F = 49.7

|Jun mean F = 57.7

|Jul mean F = 65.8

|Aug mean F = 65.5

|Sep mean F = 56.8

|Oct mean F = 44.7

|Nov mean F = 32.5

|Dec mean F = 24.1

|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 12.2

|Feb low F = 16.1

|Mar low F = 23.0

|Apr low F = 29.0

|May low F = 35.2

|Jun low F = 41.5

|Jul low F = 45.1

|Aug low F = 44.6

|Sep low F = 37.3

|Oct low F = 30.0

|Nov low F = 22.1

|Dec low F = 14.7

|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = -15

|Feb avg record low F = -10

|Mar avg record low F = 1

|Apr avg record low F = 14

|May avg record low F = 22

|Jun avg record low F = 27

|Jul avg record low F = 32

|Aug avg record low F = 31

|Sep avg record low F = 23

|Oct avg record low F = 13

|Nov avg record low F = -2

|Dec avg record low F = -12

|year avg record low F = -21

|Jan record low F = -35

|Feb record low F = -23

|Mar record low F = -20

|Apr record low F = -4

|May record low F = 18

|Jun record low F = 22

|Jul record low F = 26

|Aug record low F = 22

|Sep record low F = 18

|Oct record low F = -1

|Nov record low F = -13

|Dec record low F = -33

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 2.69

|Feb precipitation inch = 1.97

|Mar precipitation inch = 2.67

|Apr precipitation inch = 2.10

|May precipitation inch = 1.79

|Jun precipitation inch = 2.13

|Jul precipitation inch = 0.91

|Aug precipitation inch = 0.71

|Sep precipitation inch = 1.33

|Oct precipitation inch = 2.05

|Nov precipitation inch = 2.72

|Dec precipitation inch = 2.97

|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

|Jan precipitation days = 12.1

|Feb precipitation days = 12.6

|Mar precipitation days = 14.9

|Apr precipitation days = 12.3

|May precipitation days = 11.4

|Jun precipitation days = 11.4

|Jul precipitation days = 4.6

|Aug precipitation days = 5.5

|Sep precipitation days = 7.3

|Oct precipitation days = 11.6

|Nov precipitation days = 12.0

|Dec precipitation days = 14.7

|Jan snow inch = 23.7

|Feb snow inch = 14.6

|Mar snow inch = 8.7

|Apr snow inch = 4.7

|May snow inch = 0.8

|Jun snow inch = 0.1

|Jul snow inch = 0.0

|Aug snow inch = 0.0

|Sep snow inch = 0.1

|Oct snow inch = 2.5

|Nov snow inch = 16.6

|Dec snow inch = 26.4

|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in

|Jan snow days = 9.8

|Feb snow days = 7.3

|Mar snow days = 5.4

|Apr snow days = 2.5

|May snow days = 0.4

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.1

|Oct snow days = 1.3

|Nov snow days = 8.2

|Dec snow days = 10.6

|source 1 = NOAA (snow/snow days 1981–2010)

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|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Yellowpine, ID (1991–2020)

|access-date = May 28, 2023

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{{cite web

|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USC00109951&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Yellow Pine 7 S, ID (1981–2010)

|access-date = May 28, 2023

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|source 2 = National Weather Service

{{cite web

|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=boi

|publisher = National Weather Service

|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Boise

|access-date = May 28, 2023

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It is home to the Yellow Pine Harmonica Festival, which is held the first weekend in August of each year. 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 is known for its hiking trails. The community is surrounded by Unit 25 for Elk, deer, bear, and cougar hunting.

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• List of census-designated places in Idaho

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• 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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• [https://yellowpinetimes.wordpress.com/ The Yellow Pine Times]
• [https://www.yellowpinefestival.org/ Yellow Pine Music & Harmonica Festival]

{{Valley County, Idaho}}

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Category:Census-designated places in Valley County, Idaho

Category:Census-designated places in Idaho