| Official Name: | Yellow Pine, Idaho |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Idaho |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Valley |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.995 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.984 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.011 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 32 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
| Utc Offset: | -7 |
| Timezone Dst: | MDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -6 |
| Coordinates: | 44.965°N -115.4936°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 83677 |
| Area Code: | 208 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 16-88660 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0393748 |
Yellow Pine is a census-designated place in Valley County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 32.[1] Yellow Pine has an area of 0.995mi2; 0.984mi2 of this is land, and 0.011mi2 is water.
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 160acres 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 50miles east of McCall, via the Lick Creek road (open seasonally); 65miles from Cascade, via the Warm Lake and Johnson Creek Roads (open seasonally); and 70miles from Cascade via the Warm Lake and South Fork Roads (open year around).
Although unincorporated, the community has its own zip code, 83677, where overall 44 people live on a total land area of 174.269mi2, according to the 2010 census.[2]
Yellow Pine is a 247acres "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 4802feet, 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 104inches. Max snowpack depth averages 24inches and is usually reached during the month of February.[3]
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.