Castleford, 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. 215 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,871 feet above sea level.
On record in Castleford
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
- Toana Freight Wagon Road Historic Districtlisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresCastleford fell from 226 to 215 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 | 226 | |
| 2020 | 215 | -11 (-5%) |
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
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Castleford between 1995 and 2020, burning about 764 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Twin Falls District | SOSALMON |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 87 acres | Twin Falls District | BALANCED |
| 8 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | BALANCEDRK |
| 3 July 2012 | Fireworks | 91 acres | Twin Falls District | BALANCED ROCK |
| 25 July 2002 | Natural | 68 acres | Twin Falls District | B ROCK |
| 22 July 2012 | Natural | 9.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | 800 EAST |
| 2 July 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 325 acres | Twin Falls District | ROCK |
| 29 June 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 101 acres | Boise District | BALANCEDRK |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Castleford: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Gulch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Castleford in 4 storm reports between 1996 and 2014: 2 heavy rain, 1 wildfire, 1 hail. 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 2014 | Hail | Castleford | - | Large hail up to 1.75 inches was reported near Twin Falls, Castleford and Buhl. |
| August 2000 | Wildfire | Castleford | - | A lightning ignited fire, named The Grass Fire, began on the afternoon of the 4th. This fire burned 42,880 acres before it was contained on the 9th. One outbuilding was destroyed and several others were threatened. Damage estimates were not available for this fire. |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Castleford | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Heavy Rain | Castleford | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Deep Creek | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Buhl | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Austin (historical) | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Clover | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Abbey (historical) | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cedar | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Roseworth | 11.0 miles | 8 |
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 Castleford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1511122 | 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 371910. 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.



