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Hailey, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hailey-Bellevue census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83333. It stands on Croy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hailey quadrangle. 9,161 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,318 feet above sea level.

Hailey within Blaine County

On record in Hailey

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 12 records

Population over time

2 figures

Hailey grew from 7,960 to 9,161 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
20107,960
20209,161+1,201 (+15%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hailey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,494 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1

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
2 September 1999Fireworks18 acresTwin Falls DistrictWOODSIDE
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarism14 acresTwin Falls DistrictSLAUGHTER
5 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined154 acresTwin Falls DistrictCROY CREEK
3 August 1999Natural1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictINDIANCR
2 August 2011Natural1.5 acresTwin Falls DistrictINDIAN CREEK
18 August 2004Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictWATERGULCH
18 August 2002Misuse of fire by a minor1,046 acresTwin Falls DistrictCHERRY CK
15 August 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSLAUGHTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 132 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 132 workings within 5 miles of Hailey: 52 past producers, 45 occurrences, 26 unknowns, 5 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver. 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
Ada Jane and Bismuth ClaimsArsenic, MolybdenumUnknown
Arizona GroupSilver, Copper, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Arizona Group MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Arkoosh GroupSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Chicago MineSilver, CopperPast ProducerVein
ClimaxLead, Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Climax MineCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer1882
Comet MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1883
Eureka MineGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, ZincProducerGalena, Sphalerite
Fifty-Fifty ClaimLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Blaine County

Storms near this place

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hailey in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 flood, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
June 2023FloodHailey$1,900,000Flooding due to the rise of the Big Wood River due to snowmelt and spring rains flooded parts of Hailey including War Eagle Drive, Flat Top Road, and Camp Creek Road. Damages were estimated at 1.9 million dollars on Flat Top Road and Camp Creek Road.
June 2018FloodHailey$950,000Flooding of the Big Wood River for several months occurred in the Della View neighborhood of Hailey. It finally ended in June but the total cost of the extensive flooding period resulted in $750,000 of insurance claims in the neighborhood and $200,000 for flood response and public property cleanup.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindHailey$15,000Strong thunderstorm winds swept through a suburb of Hailey toppling numerous cottonwood trees up to 40 feet tall. One tree fell on a garage, damaging its roof, while another crushed a pump house. A camper trailer was forced off its legs; crushing one end.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHailey$13,000The Blaine County Emergency Manager reported several tree limbs down in the city of Hailey. This occurred along with downed power lines and roof damages to residences.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHailey$2,000Thunderstorm winds toppled trees into a power line downing it in the city of Hailey.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindHailey-A 58 mph wind gust measured at Ohio Gulch RAWS.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHailey-A large tree fell on the hood of a car on Main Street in downtown Hailey near the northwest corner of Silver Street. It fell on the hood of a car and closed main street for about 60 minutes as crews worked on removal.
April 2019FloodHailey-Several roads were closed by Blaine County Road and Bridge on April 8th in Hailey due to heavy snow melt. They were Parker Gulch, Rock Creek Rd, W. Glendale Rd, Road Canyon, Meacham Lane, and Dry Creek Rd.
April 2019FloodHailey-Minor flooding began April 21st on War Eagle Drive in Hailey. Through access through the Della View neighborhood was shut down in western Hailey.
June 2019FloodHailey-Some minor flooding occurred for several days in the Della area in Hailey with water reaching housed and some roads closed. Significant damage was not reported. The City of Hailey has placed hard road closures in the Della area from the West end of Cedar Street past Della Vista Dr ending at Triumph Dr. Water is running from the Draper Preserve area from the river.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindHailey-A tree snapped at the tip with a second tree downed on house but no damage reported in Hailey.
June 2015Flash FloodHailey-By the morning of June 10th the Big Wood River was running across Colorado Gulch Road making it impassable. Colorado Gulch Rd. was closed on the East end at the vehicle gate.
September 2013Flash FloodHailey-Heavy rains over the Beaver Creek Fire area caused mudslides in the Hailey area with four mudslides across Croy Creek Road and another which damaged the Animal Shelter of the Wood River Valley. The slides were as deep as a foot and a half on the north side of Croy Creek Road about a half mile west of the bridge over the Big Wood River in Hailey. 10 of the kennels of the animal shelter and 8 inches of mud in them. The mudslides began very late in the evening on September 2nd and were cleared by 7:30 AM on the 3rd.
September 2013Flash FloodHailey-Rainfall amounts up to 1 inch in one hour caused debris flow in the Timber Gulch area and in the Greenhorn area near Hailey. The rains over the Beaver Creek fire burn scar contributed to the flooding.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindHailey-Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 mph reported 9 miles northeast of Hailey.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindHailey-Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines in Hailey.
May 2006FloodHailey-no account filed
June 2006FloodHailey-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindHailey-no account filed
July 1995HailHailey-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindHailey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blaine 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
Barite2.6 miles16
Broadford3.9 miles12
Bullion4.6 miles10
Bellevue4.8 miles12
Clarendon Hot Springs6.0 miles17
Gimlet6.1 miles16
Triumph9.2 miles17
Elkhorn Village11.1 miles17

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 HaileyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1517614The 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 396603. 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.