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Inkom, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Inkom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83245. It stands on Rapid Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inkom quadrangle. 792 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,544 feet above sea level.

Inkom within Bannock County

Population over time

2 figures

Inkom fell from 854 to 792 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
2010854
2020792-62 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Inkom between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,398 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 3 were 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
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use3
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
8 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMILE MARKER 52
30 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictPORTNEUF
18 September 1995Naturalunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictMINE FIRE
10 September 2011Firearms and explosives use167 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBLACKROCK 2
9 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBANNOCK COUNTY ASSIST 3
9 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use123 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBLACKROCK
7 August 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictSTUMP
6 August 2006Arson/incendiarism4.6 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSURPRISE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Inkom: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Quartz, Silica. 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
Ash Grove West Inc.Limestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Idaho Portland Cement Co. QuarryVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Inkom (Silica) QuarryQuartz, SilicaProducer
Inkom QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, CalciumProducerSedimentary
Marble DepositMarble, DimensionOccurrenceMetamorphic
Papoose CreekCopperUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bannock County

Storms near this place

24 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inkom in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 hail, 8 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 3 injuries. 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
September 1998LightningInkom3 hurtStruck during football game injuring 3 boys. All hospitalized; one critical. All recovered.
July 2009Flash FloodInkom$500,000Over one inch of rain in less than one hour near Inkom and the runoff caused the Rapid Creek and Portneuf River to exceed their banks. Extensive flooding occurred throughout the city of Inkom. About 30 homes and businesses flooded with as much as 5 to 12 inches of standing water in them. Jackson Creek Road was washed out. Bannock County was declared a disaster area by 3 pm MDT on July 4th.
August 2007Tornado (EF0)Inkom$1,000A tornado was reported by the public in the North Rapid Creek area just 3 miles northeast of Inkom. Five large cottonwood and birch trees snapped with residence fence destroyed.
April 2023FloodInkom$500Old Hwy 30 in Inkom was closed from Holstein Street to Main Street because of flooding from Rapid Creek. Flooding caused by snowmelt and extremely warm temperatures.
May 2025HailInkom-Quarter sized hail photographed west of Inkom.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindInkom-Twenty-six customers reported without power in Inkom due to thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2014Flash FloodInkom-Flooding occurred in the basement of an apartment building in Inkom.
September 2007Heavy RainInkom-Spotters reported over 1 inch of rain between 11 am MDT and 12:40 pm MDT in Inkom.
August 2007HailInkom-A weather spotter reported three-quarter inch hail in Rapid Creek northeast of Inkom.
September 1998Flash FloodInkom-TSTM caused flash flood washed out several canyon roads.
August 1997Flash FloodInkom-Water, mud, rock and other debris washed down lower portion of Green Canyon damaging three homes between Green Canyon and Nester Roads and closing Highway 91 for two hours.
July 1997Funnel CloudInkom-Brief funnel cloud near Pebble Ski area.
June 1997Flash FloodInkom-Water flooded across Highway 91 washing debris onto road.
May 1997HailInkom-Quarter-size hail covered the ground.
May 1997HailInkom-Hail observed along Marsh Creek Road.
May 1997HailInkom-Heavy rain and hail caused minor flooding along lower Inman Creek.
August 2004Flash FloodInkom-no account filed
August 2003Flash FloodInkom-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindInkom-no account filed
July 2002HailInkom-no account filed
July 2002HailInkom-no account filed
September 1997Flash FloodInkom-no account filed
September 1997HailInkom-no account filed
September 1997HailInkom-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bannock 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
Blackrock3.9 miles14
Portneuf5.8 miles14
McCammon10.6 miles10
Pocatello11.4 miles15
Alameda12.4 miles15
Chubbuck14.1 miles15
Topaz (historical)14.7 miles9
Robin15.1 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 InkomAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1518360The 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 396692. 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.