Gooding, Idaho
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the Gooding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83330. The Survey maps it on the Gooding quadrangle. 3,707 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,573 feet above sea level.
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On record in Gooding
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 6 records
Citizens State Banklisted 1980
Kelly's Hotellisted 1985
Schubert Theatrelisted 2004
Thompson Mortuary Chapellisted 1982
Trinity Episcopal Churchlisted 1982- Gooding College Campuslisted 1983
Population over time
3 figuresGooding grew from 1,444 to 3,707 between 1910 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 1,444 | |
| 2010 | 3,567 | |
| 2020 | 3,707 | +140 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Gooding quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
28 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Gooding between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,878 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Gooding County | RURAL ASSIST 3 |
| 27 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Twin Falls District | SHOESTNG |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 190 acres | Twin Falls District | SHOESTRING EAST |
| 19 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 186 acres | Twin Falls District | GOODING |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Twin Falls District | MALAD RIVER |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | POWERLINE |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | 4SGOODING |
| 28 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Twin Falls District | SHOESTRING II |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gooding: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Deposit | Volcanic Materials | Occurrence | Cinders | |
| Cinder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gooding in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 heavy rain, 2 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flood | Gooding | $250,000 | The combination of rain and melting of near record snowpack in the Big Wood Basin led to significant flooding along the Big Wood River. Magic Reservoir filled to capacity sending large flows over the spillway and downriver through Gooding County. Extensive flooding of agricultural land occurred and several county roads were inundated with water. Just north of Gooding, portions of County Road 1700 South, 1800 East, and 1950 East were inundated with water and damaged. A few homes and businesses near the river were surrounded by water. Lowland flooding and damage to county roads occurred in the county well downstream from Gooding. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Gooding | $100,000 | Rapid snowmelt in the high elevations of the Big Wood Basin sent high flows over the spillway of Magic Reservoir causing flooding downstream in Gooding County. Agricultural land and low lying roads were impacted by the high water around the town of Gooding. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Gooding | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gooding | - | The ITD mesonet site north of Gooding recorded a wind gust of 64 MPH with reports of wind damage around the area. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gooding | - | A 12 foot diameter Poplar tree was uprooted in Gooding. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gooding | - | The local newspaper reported several trees and power lines down around Gooding. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Gooding | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail, water running through his shop and downed branches in his yard measuring around 2,5 inches. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Gooding | - | A trained spotter near Gooding, Idaho reported golf ball sized hail. |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gooding | - | A trained storm spotter reported that severe thunderstorm winds destroyed a 20-foot tall by 15-foot wide granary in Gooding. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Gooding | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gooding | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Gooding | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Gooding | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Heavy Rain | Gooding | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gooding | - | 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 Gooding | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1516672 | 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 399894. 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.


