Donnelly, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the McCall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83615. It stands on Lake Fork. The Survey maps it on the Donnelly quadrangle. 249 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,865 feet above sea level.
On record in Donnelly
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 3 records
John Korvola Homesteadlisted 1982- Jacob and Herman Mahala Homesteadlisted 1982
- Jacob Maki Homesteadlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresDonnelly grew from 152 to 249 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 | 152 | |
| 2020 | 249 | +97 (+64%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1911 USGS Meadows quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Cascade quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Baker quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS McCall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Donnelly quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Donnelly between 1992 and 2019, burning about 78 acres in total. 30 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FIRECRACKER |
| 9 September 2012 | Other causes | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | WAGON WHEEL MCLEOD |
| 7 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARKER |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | JAVELIN |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BARKER |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | RAINBOW |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JAVELIN |
| 4 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SOUTH NORWOOD |
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 Donnelly: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, Zirconium, REE, Titanium, Gold, Garnet, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Fork-Little Valley Placers | Zirconium, REE, Titanium, Gold, Garnet, Iron | Prospect | 1880 | |
| West Mountain Placers | REE | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Valley Rock | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Donnelly in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Donnelly | - | A member of the public posted a picture of a 6 inch diameter branch broken, as well as a large 1.5 foot diameter section of the tree snapped. Winds estimated to have been 60 miles per hour based on state and type of tree, at least severe given the size of the large branch that snapped off. |
| September 1995 | Hail | Donnelly | - | A severe thunderstorm in Donnelly produced large hail and brief heavy rain. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Donnelly | - | 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.
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 Donnelly | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1512142 | 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 396410. 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.





