Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 37 min5:48 am – 9:25 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 46 min8:10 am – 4:56 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 86°F, lows 52°FColdest month January: highs 28°F, lows 11°F9 in of rain a year, on about 32 dayswettest month June22 in of snow a year, on about 15 days25 days above 90°F, 180 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Salmon-ksra station, 15 mi away
Nearby landmarksTule Lakelake · 2.0 miSal Mountainpeak · 3.6 miK Mountainpeak · 3.7 miPorcupine Springspring · 3.1 miAndrews Springspring · 3.8 miLime Creek Trailheadtrailhead · 8.1 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsSalmon National Forestnational forest · within reach · 1,774,466 acresLime and Waddington Creek Access Sitesstate recreation area · 7.9 miHayden Creek Access Sitestate recreation area · 11.3 miChallis National Forestnational forest · 16.8 mi · 2,197,465 acresMcFarland Access Sitestate recreation area · 16.1 miColston Creek Access Sitestate recreation area · 17.3 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes442 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 197044 of magnitude 4+, 4 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 5.6 on 22 Aug 198436 mi away, near Challis, IdahoMost recent: magnitude 3.2 on 25 May 202624 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowLemhi County, ID, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateWildfire Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality72% of days had good air in 2025261 of 365 days measured102 moderate, 1 unhealthy for sensitive groups, 1 unhealthy daysMedian index 29, worst day 163main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, Lemhi County monitors, ID
Drinking waterCity of Salmonserves 3,158 people from surface water7 health-based violations since 2021latest Jan 2026: haloacetic acids (HAA5), maximum contaminant level1 monitoring or reporting violation since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation8,204 ft2,501 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalSteele Memorial Medical Center14.7 miPost officeTendoy Post Office8.1 miFire stationElk Bend Fire Protection District Station 28.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportLemhi County Airport SMN11 miUS highwayUS 936.3 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 83229 ZIP area.
