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Declo, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Declo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83323. The Survey maps it on the Rupert quadrangle. 338 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,219 feet above sea level.

Declo within Cassia County

Population over time

2 figures

Declo fell from 343 to 338 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
2010343
2020338-5 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Declo between 1996 and 2011, burning about 150 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
17 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDECLO HILLS
6 July 2002Natural1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMARSH CK
31 July 1998Natural1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictWATERCAN1
31 July 1998Natural8.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictDECLOHILL1
27 July 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictHERMITS
6 June 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSTUMPS
27 June 2010Debris and open burning9.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictREC
27 June 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictHERMIT SHACK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Declo: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kyanite, Gold, Clay. 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
Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast ProducerMetamorphic
Bill Anderson Kyanite PropertyKyaniteOccurrence
Brick and Tile Clay DepositClayProspect
Clay DepositClayOccurrenceClay
Cyanite OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrenceMetamorphic
Marsh Creek Placer DepositsGoldPast Producer
Rupert PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cassia County

Storms near this place

10 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Declo in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
May 2014Thunderstorm WindDeclo$2,000A strong thunderstorm caused a gas station to be blown over in the city of Declo.
August 2015LightningDeclo$1,500Lightning started a fire in a grain field in Declo with 30 foot flames. 40 to 50 acres of a 140 acre field were destroyed by the fire.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDeclo-A 65 mph wind gust measured at the Yale ITD mesonet site.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindDeclo-An irrigation wheel line was blown over and blown into an adjoining field.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindDeclo-A large electronic construction sign blown over along Interstate 84 east bound just west of the interstate 86/84 interchange.
July 2015Funnel CloudDeclo-Funnel clouds viewed and photographed in Declo.
May 2015Funnel CloudDeclo-A funnel cloud was photographed southwest of Declo.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDeclo-Tree blown down 7 miles north northeast of Declo in the Jackson area.
September 2012Tornado (EF0)Declo-A tornado was spotted with confirmation with photos east of Declo. The tornado occurred in open land and caused no damage and was not long lasting.
June 1998Funnel CloudDeclo-4 funnel cloud reports.

Every storm recorded in Cassia 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
Springdale3.3 miles10
View5.9 miles11
Unity6.1 miles10
Albion7.8 miles8
Jackson8.5 miles8
Burley8.8 miles9
Cotterel9.0 miles9
Ruby10.4 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 DecloAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1510893The 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 397613. 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.