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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.

Aberdeen within Bingham County

Population over time

2 figures

Aberdeen 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,994
20201,756-238 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

7 since 1996

Regional 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/undetermined3
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 August 2000Power generation/transmission/distribution143 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSPRINGFIEL
6 August 2001Natural64 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBIG SKY
11 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use25 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSTERLING
19 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictGUIDE
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.7 acresUpper Snake Field OfficeSPORTSMANS
14 July 2014Natural29 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSTERLING
30 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictWATERFRONT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham County

Storms near this place

29 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2006Thunderstorm WindAberdeen$10,000no account filed
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAberdeen$8,000Several trees reported downed in Aberdeen by the Emergency Manager.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindAberdeen$5,000A 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 2010Thunderstorm WindAberdeen$2,000Power lines reported downed by thunderstorm winds 6 miles north of Aberdeen.
June 2017HailAberdeen$1,500One and a half inch hail fell north of Aberdeen. Some vehicle damage reported and a home gutter damaged.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindAberdeen$500Winds affected power lines and knocked out power to residents west of Aberdeen and Springfield.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-A 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was measured at the Aberdeen mesonet site.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-A 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust measured at the Aberdeen mesonet site.
November 2025Funnel CloudAberdeen-ABC television in Idaho Falls forwarded a photograph of a cold air funnel about 4 miles south of Aberdeen.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-Idaho Power reported over 80 customers without power from east of Aberdeen to the American Falls Reservoir.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-A 62 mph wind gust measured at Aberdeen.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-Mesonet site ABE 1 mile northeast of Aberdeen recorded a 65 mph wind gust.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-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 2019HailAberdeen-One inch hail photographed in Aberdeen.
May 2019Funnel CloudAberdeen-Funnel cloud photographed from Aberdeen.
February 2019FloodAberdeen-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 2016Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-A 60 mph wind gust was measured at 4 PM MDT at Aberdeen.
June 2015HailAberdeen-One inch hail fell in Aberdeen.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-Aberdeen Weather station recorded 69 mph wind gust.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-A severe thunderstorm produced a 67 mph wind gust at 3:50 MDT at Aberdeen.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-Sixty mph wind gust 2 miles west southwest of Aberdeen.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-Sixty mph wind gust at Aberdeen.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-Sixty-two mph wind at Aberdeen.
August 1999WildfireAberdeen-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 1997Heavy RainAberdeen-Heavy rain reduced visibility to 1/2 mile with water covering Highway 39.
May 1997HailAberdeen-Two separate reports of dime-size hail in Aberdeen
June 2005Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-no account filed
January 1998Thunderstorm WindAberdeen-no account filed
May 1997HailAberdeen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bingham County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fingal2.2 miles11
Grandview8.0 miles9
Sterling8.6 miles11
Springfield12.6 miles11
Coffee Point16.2 miles9
Pingree17.4 miles12
Liberty21.6 miles10
Fort Hall22.1 miles12

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 AberdeenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q611872The 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.