Homedale, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Homedale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83628. It lies near Heltons Island. The Survey maps it on the Homedale quadrangle. 2,881 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,231 feet above sea level.
On record in Homedale
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
Poison Creek Stage Stationlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresHomedale grew from 2,633 to 2,881 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 | 2,633 | |
| 2020 | 2,881 | +248 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Homedale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Homedale between 1996 and 2012, burning about 40 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Boise District | CLARKS |
| 21 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Boise District | CENTRLCOVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Homedale: 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake River Placers | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homedale in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homedale | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homedale | - | A resident in Homedale reported metal roofing bent and and portions ripped off, and downed trees. |
| June 2004 | Flash Flood | Homedale | - | Urban flooding in town. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Homedale | - | Heavy rain from slow moving Thunderstorms caused Sage Creek to over flow its banks, nearby homes were threatened with flooding and a section of a road in the area was washed out. |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Homedale | - | The Trimbly Creek Fire was started by lightning in eastern Malheur County, Oregon and was quickly spread by strong winds to within 7 miles of Homedale, Idaho. A mile wide flaming front threatened several ranches and Succor Creek Campground, which were evacuated until the fire was contained on July 15th. Over 46,000 acres burned but no structures were lost. |
| May 1998 | Flood | Homedale | - | Scattered heavy showers and thunderstorms over south west Idaho produced small stream flooding in Owyhee County during the afternoon of May 13th. Flood waters from Catherine Creek washed out a bridge near Grandview. Small stream flooding was also reported on Succor Creek and Sheep Creek near Homedale. Reported damage was minor and confined mainly to roads and farm land. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Homedale | - | Severe thunderstorm winds downed trees in Homedale. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owyhee Heights | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Claytonia | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Marsing | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sands (historical) | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Givens Hot Springs | 17.8 miles | 14 | |
| Rockville | 19.3 miles | 6 | |
| Wilson | 23.1 miles | 14 | |
| Guffey | 30.1 miles | 15 |
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 Homedale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1517828 | 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 396660. 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.





