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Clifton, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Dayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83228. It stands on Clifton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clifton quadrangle. 413 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,852 feet above sea level.

Clifton within Franklin County

Population over time

2 figures

Clifton grew from 259 to 413 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
2010259
2020413+154 (+59%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 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

11 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Clifton between 1994 and 2018, burning about 4,371 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
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Fireworks1

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
19 September 2018Debris and open burning3.3 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestOXFORD SPRING
8 August 1996Natural120 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestOXFORD
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,413 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestCLIFTON
2 July 1996Fireworks410 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTWINLAKES
18 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.1 acresBear Lake National Wildlife RefugeSWATHER FIRE
17 July 2000Natural501 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDAYTON
16 July 1994Equipment and vehicle use900 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTWIN LAKES
10 July 2012Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCLIFTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Clifton: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Lead, Silver. 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
Lucky Baker ProspectLead, SilverProspect
CliftonLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
CliftonLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clifton in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindClifton$10,000Between 4:30 and 6:30 on 6/1/2015 the Franklin County Sheriff's Office received several reports of power lines down with either broken power poles or trees fallen on lines, or power poles and lines fallen on houses. Rocky Mountain Power and Utah Power are still working on restoring power, however, many residents are still without power. Much of the damage was isolated to the West Side of Franklin County. We had one report of a man electrocuted by a downed line, however, he was treated on scene by EMS and released. We had many trees blocking roads which have now been removed, and other reports of property damage due to wind including one cargo trailer which was blown over. We appreciate the help from the Preston Police Department, Franklin County Fire, EMS, Search & Rescue and Road & Bridge, Idaho State Police and Idaho State Fish & Game who all helped cover different calls.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindClifton$3,000Power lines reported downed over houses and roads with 4 to 6 inch trees downed as well near Clifton.
August 2018HailClifton$400Ping pong ball sized hail reported in the town of Clifton. Some damage to siding reported on homes.

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Coulam2.9 miles12
Banida4.5 miles12
Oxford4.8 miles9
Winder5.0 miles12
Dayton5.4 miles13
Thorenson7.4 miles13
Silver Star8.0 miles13
Riverdale9.2 miles13

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 CliftonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1511100The 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 397557. 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.