Aberdeen, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Aberdeen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83210. The Survey maps it on the Aberdeen quadrangle. 1,756 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,403 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAberdeen fell from 1,994 to 1,756 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,994 | |
| 2020 | 1,756 | -238 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1934 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS American Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Aberdeen quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Aberdeen between 1996 and 2020, burning about 274 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 143 acres | Idaho Falls District | SPRINGFIEL |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | 64 acres | Idaho Falls District | BIG SKY |
| 11 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Idaho Falls District | STERLING |
| 19 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | GUIDE |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.7 acres | Upper Snake Field Office | SPORTSMANS |
| 14 July 2014 | Natural | 29 acres | Idaho Falls District | STERLING |
| 30 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | WATERFRONT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aberdeen in 29 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 19 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | $8,000 | Several trees reported downed in Aberdeen by the Emergency Manager. |
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | $5,000 | A thunderstorm in the Shelley Firth area produced 60 mph winds uprooting trees and breaking power lines. One 10-year-old boy was hit by a falling tree branch. In Aberdeen winds caused damage to several roofs and a power outage lasted for several hours. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | $2,000 | Power lines reported downed by thunderstorm winds 6 miles north of Aberdeen. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Aberdeen | $1,500 | One and a half inch hail fell north of Aberdeen. Some vehicle damage reported and a home gutter damaged. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | $500 | Winds affected power lines and knocked out power to residents west of Aberdeen and Springfield. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | A 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was measured at the Aberdeen mesonet site. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust measured at the Aberdeen mesonet site. |
| November 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Aberdeen | - | ABC television in Idaho Falls forwarded a photograph of a cold air funnel about 4 miles south of Aberdeen. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | Idaho Power reported over 80 customers without power from east of Aberdeen to the American Falls Reservoir. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | A 62 mph wind gust measured at Aberdeen. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | Mesonet site ABE 1 mile northeast of Aberdeen recorded a 65 mph wind gust. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | Idaho Power reported 38 downed power poles from thunderstorm winds. It occurred along 1700 S between 1800 W and 3100 W about 3 miles west of Aberdeen. About 2,000 customers lost power and as of 12 PM MDT on May 31st about 800 customers were still without power. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Aberdeen | - | One inch hail photographed in Aberdeen. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Aberdeen | - | Funnel cloud photographed from Aberdeen. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Aberdeen | - | A rapid warm up with rain caused extensive snow melt and flooding in Bingham County. 900 West to 100 South starting on Highway 39 to Thomas Road was closed due to high water. Many other roads had running water over them. Many farm fields suffered flooding and standing water on them and one home in Aberdeen became surrounded by water. Overall damage was not significant with the flooding. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | A 60 mph wind gust was measured at 4 PM MDT at Aberdeen. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Aberdeen | - | One inch hail fell in Aberdeen. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | Aberdeen Weather station recorded 69 mph wind gust. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a 67 mph wind gust at 3:50 MDT at Aberdeen. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | Sixty mph wind gust 2 miles west southwest of Aberdeen. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | Sixty mph wind gust at Aberdeen. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | Sixty-two mph wind at Aberdeen. |
| August 1999 | Wildfire | Aberdeen | - | Lightning touched off a range fire tht burned 139,000 acres across the Arco desert. Resources assigned to the Mule Butte Fire's suppression peaked at 168 fire fighters and 4 air tankers. |
| June 1997 | Heavy Rain | Aberdeen | - | Heavy rain reduced visibility to 1/2 mile with water covering Highway 39. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Aberdeen | - | Two separate reports of dime-size hail in Aberdeen |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Aberdeen | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Aberdeen | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fingal | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grandview | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sterling | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Springfield | 12.6 miles | 11 | |
| Coffee Point | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pingree | 17.4 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty | 21.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fort Hall | 22.1 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Aberdeen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q611872 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396023. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





