Bloomington, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83223. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle. 199 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,968 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBloomington fell from 206 to 199 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 | 206 | |
| 2020 | 199 | -7 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1909 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000
- 1911 USGS Montpelier quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Preston quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Paris quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Preston quadrangle1:100000
- 2005 USGS Paris quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bloomington between 2003 and 2019, burning about 359 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Idaho Falls District | LITTLEVALL |
| 4 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | GRANDY HOLLOW |
| 24 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 acres | Idaho Falls District | DINGLE |
| 2 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 211 acres | Idaho Falls District | WORM CREEK |
| 17 August 2015 | Natural | 27 acres | Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | REFUGE |
| 26 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | TOUR ROUTE |
| 4 October 2019 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge | CARP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Bloomington: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Paris Peak | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Paris-Bloomington | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, Zinc, Thallium, Silver, Selenium, REE, Cadmium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Spence Group | Lead | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Worm Creek Prospect | Manganese, Lead, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Bear Lake Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Manganese Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| McIlwee Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Phosphate Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomington in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 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 | Bloomington | - | A 58 mph wind gust measured at the Paris Peak mesonet site. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomington | - | Rocky Mountain Power reported over 200 customers without power due to thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bloomington | - | Hail fell in Bear Lake county. One inch hail was measured 1 mile south of Bloomington with Highway 89 covered with hail. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Bloomington | - | One inch hail fell 1 mile south of Bloomington on Highway 89 in Bear Lake 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.
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 Bloomington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1513388 | 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 377877. 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.







