Buhl, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1959. It stands in the Buhl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83316. The Survey maps it on the Buhl quadrangle. 4,558 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,770 feet above sea level.
On record in Buhl
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 11 records
Buhl IOOF Buildinglisted 1984
Hotel Buhllisted 1985
Rudolf Kunze Barnlisted 1994
Art and Frieda Maxwell Barnlisted 1983
Ramona Theaterlisted 1976
US Post Office-Buhl Mainlisted 1989- T. P. Bowlby Barnlisted 1983
- Buhl City Halllisted 1978
- Cedar Draw Schoollisted 1991
- Dau-Webbenhorst Barnlisted 1983
- Henry Schick Barnlisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresBuhl grew from 4,122 to 4,558 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 | 4,122 | |
| 2020 | 4,558 | +436 (+11%) |
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.
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Buhl quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Buhl quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Buhl between 2006 and 2016, burning about 28 acres in total. None 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | CLEAR LAKES |
| 12 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Twin Falls District | RURAL ASSIST 3 |
| 26 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.6 acres | Idaho Falls District | GUN CLUB |
| 16 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Idaho Falls District | RURAL ASSIST 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Buhl: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Chromium, Iron. 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, Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Buhl in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Buhl | - | A trained spotter reported large trees branches down near Buhl. |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Buhl | - | A thunderstorm produced a weak tornado near Buhl. Numerous spotters reported a funnel cloud which briefly touched down and was photographed by a local newspaper. The tornado was short lived and produced no known damage over open and unpopulated terrain. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Buhl | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Buhl | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Buhl | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey (historical) | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Deep Creek | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Fairview | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Peavey | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Austin (historical) | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Clover | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Castleford | 7.9 miles | 10 |
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 Buhl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983765 | 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 396190. 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.



