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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.

Curry within Twin Falls County

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.

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

12 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictDEVIL-FIVE
31 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictYINGSTGRD
25 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictAUGER FALLS
5 July 2012Fireworks2.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictYINGST GRADE
4 July 1999Fireworks5.0 acresTwin Falls District1EAUGERFLS
24 July 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSERINGS
22 July 2010Smoking587 acresIdaho Falls DistrictAUGER FALLS
21 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined64 acresIdaho Falls DistrictPIGEON COVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Snake River PlacersGold, Chromium, IronPast Producer1862
Snake River PlacersGoldPast Producer1862
Colonial Concrete PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Juchau PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Northwest Crane Crushing PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rtp Mix PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Twin Falls Screening PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wendy Glenn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Twin Falls County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2025Thunderstorm WindCurry1 hurtMedia 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 2023Funnel CloudCurry-A photo submitted on social media from a trained spotter showed a funnel cloud just northeast of his location.

Every storm recorded in Twin Falls 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
Knull2.6 miles9
Filer2.8 miles9
Godwin3.7 miles9
Twin Falls5.0 miles9
Peavey5.3 miles9
Berger6.6 miles7
McMillan7.2 miles9
Clover7.8 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 CurryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q117025235The 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.