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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.

Hollister within Twin Falls County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Hollister 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.

YearPeople Change
2010272
2020243-29 (-11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

20 since 1994

Regional 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
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1

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
19 September 2008Natural4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictNAT SOO PAH
5 August 2012Natural568 acresIdaho Falls DistrictEAST HOLLISTER
4 August 2011Natural8.7 acresIdaho Falls DistrictNAT SOO PAH
3 August 2011Natural1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHWY 93 MM 30
3 August 2000Natural133 acresTwin Falls DistrictHOLLISTER
15 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictRURAL ASSIST 9
13 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use6.8 acresTwin Falls CountyMUD LAKE
10 August 2012Natural2.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictNORTH HOLLISTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ora Jones Farm Pumicite DepositGeothermal, Pumice, PerliteProspectPumice
Unnamed LocationPumiceProspect
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Goat SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Nat-Poo-Paw Warm SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Ora Jones Thermal WellGeothermalProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Twin Falls County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHollister-Mesonet station TGFI1 Trail Gulch measured a wind gust of 58MPH.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindHollister-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 2023HailHollister-A trained spotter reported one inch hail near Amsterdam, ID.
May 2023HailHollister-A trained spotter reported hail that was measured at 1.25 inches.
June 2006HailHollister-Nickel size hail from spotter in Hollister
June 2004HailHollister-See narative below.
August 1997HailHollister-An afternoon thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch hail in the town of Hollister.
June 2006Flash FloodHollister-no account filed
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHollister-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindHollister-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Twin Falls 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
Amsterdam4.0 miles7
Berger8.0 miles7
Rogerson9.4 miles7
Godwin11.0 miles9
Knull12.0 miles9
Clover12.6 miles9
Curry14.6 miles9
Filer15.1 miles9

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 HollisterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1510027The 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.