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Burley, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Burley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83318. It lies near Hog Island. The Survey maps it on the Burley quadrangle. 11,704 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,163 feet above sea level.

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Burley within Cassia County

On record in Burley

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Burley grew from 10,345 to 11,704 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
201010,345
202011,704+1,359 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

2 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Burley between 2002 and 2011, burning about 10,422 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
4 August 2002Natural10,422 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHORSEBUTTE
9 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictRURAL ASSIST 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Burley: 9 producers, 6 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Gold, Brick Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burley Clay MineBrick ClayProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Emerson Clay PitClayProducer
Goose Creek Placer DepositsGoldPast Producer
Snake River PlacersGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Gordon PavingSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel Pit - Idaho Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cassia County

Storms near this place

46 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burley in 46 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 15 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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
July 1996LightningBurley1 killed, 1 hurtno account filed
February 2017FloodBurley$5,240,000A warmup in temperatures caused extensive snow melt to lower elevations of Cassia County with devastating flooding throughout the rural county. Flooding began in earnest on the 5th. Interstate 86 was closed for a 36 mile stretch in the county with flooding over the Raft River bridges. A foot and a half of water was over the interstate and it was closed from the 6th until the 9th. The interstate began to flood on the 5th. Cassia County was declared a state disaster area. Dozens of homes were severely damaged by flood waters. Many private wells and septic systems flooded contaminating many homes. Several back roads had to be closed and many suffered tremendous damage.
March 2017FloodBurley$175,000Sheet flooding continued in March throughout Cassia although effects were not nearly as strong as February. Property and road damage continued to add up and many fields in the Oakley area remained under water for much of the month.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBurley$30,000Several trees were downed in Burley by a microburst wind with several trees on houses and extensive shingle damage reported. Light fixtures were shattered on several homes.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindBurley$10,000Extensive damage and warning level winds occurred with the passage of a cold front the evening of March 10th. Two trees were downed into a house in Burley. Several trees down at Burley parks and golf course.
May 2005LightningBurley$10,000Lightning in Burley struck an electrical light system at Overland and 14th Street causing damage.
June 1998Tornado (F0)Burley$4,000Evergreen Nursery greenhouse roofs removed and plants damaged.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindBurley$2,000An 8 foot by 10 foot shed blown down by thunderstorm winds in Burley.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindBurley$2,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof of an industrial building at the corner of Albion Avenue and 13th Street in Burley.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurley$1,000Reports of tree damage, power outages with Idaho Power reporting 1,100 customers without power in Burley.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindBurley$1,000Multiple power outages affecting over 500 customers near Milner, Hobson, and Hynes.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindBurley-A 59 mph wind gust measured 4 miles south of Burley at station DVI01498.
May 2023Flash FloodBurley-Extensive street flooding reported in Burley.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindBurley-Two trees were downed at a Burley area golf course.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindBurley-A 57 mph wind gust at Moburg Canyon.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindBurley-A large tree snapped off 7 feet above the ground in Burley.
May 2018HailBurley-Multiple reports of quarter sized hail in Burley.
May 2018HailBurley-An inch and a quarter size hail reported 6 miles south of Murtaugh.
January 2017FloodBurley-Extensive flooding reported in the City of Malta, particularly for areas west of Highway 81 where water entered many homes. At least knee deep water was reported running down city streets on Tuesday night, January 10th. Water entered many homes in the city to the west of Highway 81.||A few people have been displaced from homes as a result of home flooding. Many county roads closed throughout Cassia County as a result of flooding. 1 to 2 feet of water on Highway 30 from Burley to the county line. Many basements have received water throughout the county. Birch Creek flowing onto city streets in Oakley. Many streets in Oakley under water. Canals are at bankfull. Canal engineers working to contain flow.
December 2011Thunderstorm WindBurley-Spotter recorded a 75 mph wind gust with a thunderstorm along a strong cold front.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Burley-An F0 tornado was reported 3 miles southwest of Burley. The tornado caused no damage and was on the ground for 5 minutes.
August 2007HailBurley-A weather spotter reported 1 inch hail near Burley.
June 2004Tornado (F0)Burley-Spotter reported tornado 15 miles north of Hazelton. No reports of damage.
August 2002WildfireBurley-Horse Butte wildfire burned more than 12,000 acres in mountains southeast of Burley. No damage to property.
August 1997Heavy RainBurley-Heavy rain at the Fairgounds in Burley collapsed tents and flooded the parking lot with up to three feet of water with some vehicles partially flooded. Elsewhere in Burley extensive street flooded occurred with water over curbs. Water ponded to 2 to 4 feet in some parking lots.
August 1997HailBurley-Dime-size hail near 215S 650E accumulated 1 to 2 inches with drifts up to 5 inches.
August 1997HailBurley-Hail up to golfball-size near 300S 603E caused total loss of the wheat crop and extensive damage to potatoes, sugarbeets and corn. All leafy foliage was stripped with only only potato vines remaining. Hail remained in some shady areas until the next morning.
August 1997HailBurley-Quarter-size hail at 300S 705E accumulated to about 2 inches with severe damage to crops in area.
August 1997HailBurley-Nickel-size hail accumulated to about 2 inches. 1.5 inches of rain measured by spotter at 400S 800E.
August 1997HailBurley-Hail along the hillside at the bottom of the Albion highway grade pulverized gardens and plants, stripped paint from side of homes/buildings, chipped small pieces of brick along the side of one home, and broke yard lights.
August 1997HailBurley-Pea to nickel-size hail at Burley Fairgrounds. Hail covered the ground.
May 2023HailBurley-no account filed
May 2023HailBurley-no account filed
July 2009Thunderstorm WindBurley-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindBurley-no account filed
June 2006HailBurley-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindBurley-no account filed
January 2004Thunderstorm WindBurley-no account filed
June 2004HailBurley-no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodBurley-no account filed
July 2001HailBurley-no account filed
July 2001HailBurley-no account filed
September 1998Funnel CloudBurley-no account filed
May 1996Flash FloodBurley-no account filed
June 1996Heavy RainBurley-no account filed
July 1996Heavy RainBurley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cassia 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
Ruby2.7 miles9
Unity2.9 miles10
Beetville3.8 miles9
Pella4.8 miles9
Springdale5.6 miles10
Hobson7.0 miles9
View7.7 miles11
North Kenyon8.0 miles9

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 BurleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q844028The 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 399811. 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.