Acequia, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Rupert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83350. The Survey maps it on the Acequia quadrangle. 131 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,167 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAcequia grew from 124 to 131 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 | 124 | |
| 2020 | 131 | +7 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Acequia quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lake Walcott quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Acequia between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,315 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 462 acres | Idaho Falls District | JACKSON |
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Idaho Falls District | ISOLATED TRACT |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 334 acres | Idaho Falls District | JACKSON |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | 10 acres | Twin Falls District | JACKSON |
| 29 August 2009 | Other causes | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | STRAW FIRE |
| 26 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 388 acres | Idaho Falls District | JACKSON |
| 22 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | 750EBASELN |
| 17 August 2020 | Other causes | 7.5 acres | Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge | MINIDOKA DAM |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Acequia: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Acequia in 8 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acequia | $1,000 | Tree downed in Acequia. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acequia | $1,000 | Pine tree uprooted north of Acequia. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acequia | - | Idaho Power reported 1,100 customers without power across Minidoka, Hawley, Acequia, and Rupert. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acequia | - | A private weather station recorded a 67 mph wind gust near intersection of 300 N and N 100 E. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acequia | - | Idaho Power reported over 700 customers without power due to thunderstorm winds near Acequia. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acequia | - | The top half of a large pine tree snapped off just west of highway 24 near Acequia. Numerous other branches broken off nearby trees. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acequia | - | Tree reported by broadcast media in Jackson area. Near Cassia/Minidoka County border. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Acequia | - | A private weather station measured a 58 mph wind gust near the intersection of N 100 |E and E 300 N. |
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.
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 Acequia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1516981 | 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 399762. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



