Curry, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1958. It stands in the Filer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83328. The Survey maps it on the Filer quadrangle. It stands 3,744 feet above sea level.
On record in Curry
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Union Schoollisted 2003 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1950 USGS Filer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Curry between 1992 and 2014, burning about 788 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | DEVIL-FIVE |
| 31 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Twin Falls District | YINGSTGRD |
| 25 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | AUGER FALLS |
| 5 July 2012 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | YINGST GRADE |
| 4 July 1999 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | 1EAUGERFLS |
| 24 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | SERINGS |
| 22 July 2010 | Smoking | 587 acres | Idaho Falls District | AUGER FALLS |
| 21 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 acres | Idaho Falls District | PIGEON COVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Curry: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. 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 | |
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Colonial Concrete Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Juchau Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Northwest Crane Crushing Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rtp Mix Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Twin Falls Screening Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Wendy Glenn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Curry in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 1 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Curry | 1 hurt | Media and Idaho Department of Transportation reporting one semi flipped on route 93 near Filer, Idaho. The flip occurred on a north-south bound section of the highway, and crosswinds from the west-northwest hit the side of the semi, flipping it and injuring the driver. |
| May 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Curry | - | A photo submitted on social media from a trained spotter showed a funnel cloud just northeast of his location. |
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.
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 Curry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q117025235 | 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 396355. 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.



