Hollister, Idaho
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hollister census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83301. The Survey maps it on the Hollister quadrangle. 243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,524 feet above sea level.
On record in Hollister
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 1 record
- Hollister Schoollisted 1991
Population over time
2 figuresHollister fell from 272 to 243 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 | 272 | |
| 2020 | 243 | -29 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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
- 1965 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Rogerson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hollister between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,933 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2008 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | NAT SOO PAH |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 568 acres | Idaho Falls District | EAST HOLLISTER |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 8.7 acres | Idaho Falls District | NAT SOO PAH |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | HWY 93 MM 30 |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 133 acres | Twin Falls District | HOLLISTER |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | RURAL ASSIST 9 |
| 13 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.8 acres | Twin Falls County | MUD LAKE |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | 2.2 acres | Idaho Falls District | NORTH HOLLISTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Hollister: 18 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Pumice, Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ora Jones Farm Pumicite Deposit | Geothermal, Pumice, Perlite | Prospect | Pumice | |
| Unnamed Location | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Goat Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Nat-Poo-Paw Warm Spring | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Ora Jones Thermal Well | Geothermal | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hollister in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollister | - | Mesonet station TGFI1 Trail Gulch measured a wind gust of 58MPH. |
| December 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollister | - | A member of the public posted multiple pictures of damage in the town of Hollister. Construction debris strewn across streets, brick walls toppled, trees uprooted, and damage to cars and property. Based on size of debris wind was likely 65 miles per hour. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Hollister | - | A trained spotter reported one inch hail near Amsterdam, ID. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Hollister | - | A trained spotter reported hail that was measured at 1.25 inches. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hollister | - | Nickel size hail from spotter in Hollister |
| June 2004 | Hail | Hollister | - | See narative below. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Hollister | - | An afternoon thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch hail in the town of Hollister. |
| June 2006 | Flash Flood | Hollister | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollister | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hollister | - | 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 Hollister | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1510027 | 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 396657. 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.



