Bliss, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1958. It stands in the Bliss census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83314. The Survey maps it on the Bliss quadrangle. 258 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,271 feet above sea level.
On record in Bliss
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Archie Teater Studiolisted 1984
Population over time
2 figuresBliss fell from 318 to 258 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 | 318 | |
| 2020 | 258 | -60 (-19%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1949 USGS Bliss quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Bliss quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Bliss between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,484 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 64 acres | Twin Falls District | WINDMILL |
| 9 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | OLD BB |
| 24 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 198 acres | Twin Falls District | WEST BLISS |
| 24 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | BLISSGRADE |
| 2 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 246 acres | Twin Falls District | SPRING COVE |
| 19 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 62 acres | Twin Falls District | NEAR BLISS |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Boise District | TUANA GLCH |
| 10 September 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Twin Falls District | BLISS POINT 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bliss: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Hill Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hagerman Valley Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Smith S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Smith Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Snake River Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| State Pit Gd 58 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bliss in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 wildfire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1997 | Wildfire | Bliss | - | 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.
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 Bliss | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q770344 | 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 371602. 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.



