Map of Cascade city, Idaho

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.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.86 square miles (12.59 km), of which, 4.17 square miles (10.80 km) is land and 0.69 square miles (1.79 km) 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.

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