Crouch, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Garden Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83622. It stands on Anderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Garden Valley quadrangle. 154 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,048 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCrouch fell from 162 to 154 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 | 162 | |
| 2020 | 154 | -8 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Garden Valley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Garden Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Deadwood River quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Garden Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Crouch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,661 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | STATION CREEK |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | HOMER |
| 9 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Boise National Forest | TERRACE |
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | ASPEN |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | GARDEN MOUNTAIN |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | 4.7 acres | Boise National Forest | EDDY |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | JUG HEAD |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | GOOSEBERRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Crouch: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal, Mercury, REE, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Valley Placer Area | REE, Zirconium | Prospect | ||
| H.G. Claims | Mercury | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Rathhoff Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crouch in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Hail | Crouch | - | A member of the public reported hail that was 1.25 inches in diameter. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Crouch | - | Reported at Terrace Lakes Golf Course |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Crouch | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Valley | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Grimes Pass | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Banks | 8.5 miles | 16 | |
| Big Eddy | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Quartzburg | 10.7 miles | 20 | |
| Placerville | 11.9 miles | 20 | |
| Granite | 12.0 miles | 20 | |
| Pioneerville | 12.1 miles | 19 |
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 Crouch | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1511151 | 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 396348. 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.







