Hamer, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Mud Lake-Hamer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83425. The Survey maps it on the Hamer quadrangle. 83 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,803 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHamer grew from 48 to 83 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 | 48 | |
| 2020 | 83 | +35 (+73%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Hamer quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Circular Butte quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Hamer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,233 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2010 | Natural | 31 acres | Idaho Falls District | BEACON BUTTE |
| 28 August 1992 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Camas National Wildlife Refuge | PWRLNE |
| 17 August 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,156 acres | Idaho Falls District | CAMAS |
| 12 August 2003 | Natural | 135 acres | Camas National Wildlife Refuge | INDEPENDCE |
| 12 August 2003 | Natural | 252 acres | Idaho Falls District | BUCKSPRING |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 117 acres | Idaho Falls District | SAGE JUNCTION |
| 28 July 1996 | Natural | 115 acres | Camas National Wildlife Refuge | RAT FARM |
| 18 July 2017 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Camas National Wildlife Refuge | STARLING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hamer: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamer in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 13 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 wildfire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $2,000 | Power lines down along Camas Creek Rd near Hamer Elementary School. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at the Hamer ARL FRD site. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | A 64 mph wind gust reported in Hamer. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | Sixty-one mph wind gust at Hamer. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | Thunderstorm winds of 59 mph mesausred in Hamer. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | Roof blown of building and downed power lines. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | Many tree branches broken off trees in Hamer. |
| September 1995 | Hail | Hamer | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped hail at the United States Fish and Wildlife in Jefferson County. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Wildfire | Hamer | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawgood | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Camas | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Sage Junction | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Terreton | 13.6 miles | 9 | |
| Roberts | 14.9 miles | 14 | |
| Level (historical) | 15.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mud Lake | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Monteview | 17.8 miles | 9 |
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 Hamer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1512549 | 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 399904. 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.



