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Idahome, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Albion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83323. It stands on Coe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Idahome quadrangle. It stands 4,426 feet above sea level.

Idahome within Cassia County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Idahome between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,543 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1

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
5 September 2001Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictI84MP238
12 September 2007Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictIDAHOME
9 August 2000Natural1,330 acresTwin Falls District5NMALTA
6 August 2001Fireworks53 acresTwin Falls DistrictIDAHOME
5 August 2012Natural4.6 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSOUTH HOT WELL
31 August 2015Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPOTTER
31 August 2011Smokingunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictI 84 MM 233
30 August 2001Natural22 acresTwin Falls DistrictCOESPRINGS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cassia County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Idahome: 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel Pit--Idaho Dept of HighwaysSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Cassia County

Storms near this place

14 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idahome in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 12 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
December 2025Thunderstorm WindIdahome$36,000Interstate 84 eastbound closed between interstate 86 eastbound and mile post 245 due to multiple commercial vehicle rollovers due to thunderstorm winds.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindIdahome-The Yale ITD mesonet site recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindIdahome-A 70 mph wind gust measured at the Idahome ITD mesonet site.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindIdahome-The ITD Idahome site recorded a 65 mph wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindIdahome-A 67 mph wind gust measured at the MALI mesonet site.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindIdahome-A 59 mph wind gust measured at Idahome.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindIdahome-The Yale ITD site on interstate 84 measured a 64 mph thunderstorm outflow wind.
September 2022Thunderstorm WindIdahome-The Raft River RAWS measured a 73 mph wind gust.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindIdahome-Mesonet station MOFI1, Moburg Canyon recorded a 61 mph wind gust.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindIdahome-A 57 mph wind gust at the Idahome Interchange.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindIdahome-A 65 mph wind gust was recorded at the Raft River ITD site.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindIdahome-no account filed
June 2009HailIdahome-no account filed
May 1997HailIdahome-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cassia 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
Cotterel7.7 miles9
Malta7.7 miles8
Albion9.5 miles8
Conant10.0 miles9
Connor10.7 miles10
Keogh13.7 miles8
Heglar14.0 miles10
Declo14.0 miles10

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 IdahomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5987551The 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 399928. 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.