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Horseshoe Bend, Idaho

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Horseshoe Bend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83629. It stands on Shafer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horseshoe Bend quadrangle. 715 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,631 feet above sea level.

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Horseshoe Bend within Boise County

Population over time

2 figures

Horseshoe Bend grew from 707 to 715 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
2010707
2020715+8 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Horseshoe Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,325 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Firearms and explosives use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use152 acresBoise DistrictSHAFERCREE
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMEADOW CREEK
5 September 2008Debris and open burning18 acresBoise DistrictHARRIS CREEK
18 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use7.2 acresIdaho Department of LandsSWS 015 MM65 HWY55
5 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsGARDENA
26 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresBoise DistrictRA10 BOISE CO
26 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsTRANSFORMER
23 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSouthwest Supervisory Area OfficeRIVER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Horseshoe Bend: 15 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 8 past producers, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Antimony, Gold, Antimony. 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
Ballentyne Creek ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
Black Crook ProspectZinc, Gold, SilverOccurrenceSphalerite
Claggett ProspectAntimony, GoldOccurrence
Gem State Consolidated MinesIronUnknown
Hall's ClaimGold, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer
Henry MineCoal, LignitePast ProducerSedimentary
KentuckSilver, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Kentuck MineLead, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Lucky Boy ProspectGold, Silver, ZincOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Mint ClaimGold, ZincOccurrenceSphalerite

Every working recorded in Boise County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Horseshoe Bend in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 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
October 2025Thunderstorm WindHorseshoe Bend-Wind damage cut off power to 3790 people in the Horseshoe Bend, Crouch, and Placerville area as winds along a gust front moved through. Damage estimated to be 60 mph based on power pole damage.
June 2022FloodHorseshoe Bend-There was evidence of flooding near Cartwright Street north of Hidden Springs.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindHorseshoe Bend-A 70 MPH thunderstorm wind gust was reported by the public.
September 2013HailHorseshoe Bend-A spotter near Horseshoe Bend reported large hail up to one inch and winds up to 60 MPH.
September 2013Flash FloodHorseshoe Bend-A National Weather Service employee reported road flooding on Porter Creek Road north of Horseshoe Bend.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindHorseshoe Bend-The CWOP near Horseshoe Bend reported a wind gust of 58 MPH.
February 2002Thunderstorm WindHorseshoe Bend-Wind gusts estimated at 50 knots (58 mph) ripped a deck off of a house and brought down trees and power lines. About 15,000 homes were without power.
June 1998Flash FloodHorseshoe Bend-A heavy downpour along Highway 55 just south of Horseshoe Bend caused a hillside to let go and cover a portion of the highway with dirt, mud and debris.
June 1998Flash FloodHorseshoe Bend-A flash flood covered Highway 52 with up to 3 feet of water near the Boise/Gem County line.
June 2006HailHorseshoe Bend-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindHorseshoe Bend-no account filed
May 2000HailHorseshoe Bend-no account filed
July 1995HailHorseshoe Bend-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Boise 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
Gardena4.2 miles15
Brownlee7.0 miles16
Howell (historical)9.0 miles15
Quartzburg11.6 miles20
Banks12.1 miles16
Star Ranch Summer Home Area12.2 miles20
Granite12.3 miles20
Placerville13.4 miles20

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 Horseshoe BendAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q517389The 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 396669. 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.