Naples, Idaho
48°34′19″N 116°23′41″W / 48.57194°N 116.39472°W
Naples is a small unincorporated community in Boundary County, in the far north of Idaho, United States.[1] It lies 11 miles (18 kilometers) south of the city of Bonners Ferry and 23 mi (37 km) north of Sandpoint, on U.S. Routes 2/95 in the Rocky Mountains. It is very close to the US-Canada border. The ZIP Code for Naples is 83847.[2]
Naples is near the land features of Caribou Ridge and Ruby Creek. The Ruby Ridge standoff of 1992, between federal agencies and the Randy Weaver family, took place about 8 miles (13 km) from the city. It resulted in the deaths of three people, including a deputy US marshal and two of the Weaver family.[3]
It was named after the Italian city, from which many immigrant laborers had come who worked on building the first rail line through the region around 1890.[4]
Geography
[edit]Naples is located at 48°34′19″N 116°23′41″W / 48.57194°N 116.39472°W.[1]
The city has a total area of 872.79 sq mi (2,260.5 km2), of which, 868.31 sq mi (2,248.9 km2) is land and 4.48 sq mi (11.6 km2) is water.[5]
| Climate data for Naples | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 55 (13) |
63 (17) |
75 (24) |
89 (32) |
95 (35) |
105 (41) |
104 (40) |
106 (41) |
97 (36) |
84 (29) |
67 (19) |
57 (14) |
105 (41) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 34 (1) |
39 (4) |
50 (10) |
61 (16) |
70 (21) |
76 (24) |
84 (29) |
84 (29) |
73 (23) |
57 (14) |
42 (6) |
32 (0) |
58.5 (14.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 23 (−5) |
24 (−4) |
29 (−2) |
34 (1) |
41 (5) |
48 (9) |
51 (11) |
50 (10) |
42 (6) |
34 (1) |
29 (−2) |
21 (−6) |
35.5 (1.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −29 (−34) |
−25 (−32) |
−12 (−24) |
10 (−12) |
17 (−8) |
23 (−5) |
32 (0) |
28 (−2) |
15 (−9) |
8 (−13) |
−13 (−25) |
−33 (−36) |
−33 (−36) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.56 (65) |
1.60 (41) |
1.66 (42) |
1.37 (35) |
1.76 (45) |
1.68 (43) |
0.74 (19) |
0.69 (18) |
1.02 (26) |
1.65 (42) |
2.92 (74) |
2.87 (73) |
20.52 (523) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 16.0 (41) |
10.5 (27) |
3.4 (8.6) |
0.5 (1.3) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.5 (1.3) |
9.2 (23) |
22.0 (56) |
62.1 (158.2) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 inch) | 12.6 | 10.6 | 9.7 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 120.7 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 inch) | 7.8 | 4.9 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 9.0 | 27.9 |
| Source: The Weather Channel [6] | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Feature Detail Report for: Naples". USGS. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Naples ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ Wilson, Jason (August 26, 2017). "Ruby Ridge, 1992: the day the American militia movement was born". the Guardian. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ Boone, Lalia Phipps (1988). Idaho place names : a geographical dictionary. Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press. p. 268. ISBN 0893011193.
- ^ "Idaho 2010" (PDF). US Census. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
- ^ "Naples, ID Monthly Weather". The Weather Channel. Retrieved April 24, 2019.
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