Iona, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Idaho Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83401. The Survey maps it on the Ucon quadrangle. 2,717 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,783 feet above sea level.
On record in Iona
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
Iona Meetinghouselisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresIona grew from 1,803 to 2,717 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 | 1,803 | |
| 2020 | 2,717 | +914 (+51%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1948 USGS Ucon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Ucon quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Rigby quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Rexburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Iona between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,119 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | BONNEVILLE COUNTY ASSIST 2 |
| 1 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 93 acres | Idaho Falls District | PANORAMA |
| 30 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 595 acres | Idaho Falls District | RIMROCK |
| 29 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | DENSMORE C |
| 27 August 1996 | Natural | 170 acres | Idaho Falls District | PANORAMA |
| 18 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 73 acres | Idaho Falls District | IONA |
| 11 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 98 acres | Idaho Falls District | PETERSON |
| 9 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | PANORAMA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Iona: 8 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay, Brick | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Amcor Crushing Plant | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | Pumice | |
| Pumice Deposit (Snake River Valley) | Pumice | Past Producer | Pumice | |
| Pumice, Inc. Mine | Pumice | Past Producer | Pumice | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Bonneville Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Id Hwy Dpt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iona in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Lightning | Iona | $800,000 | A 2 story 5,000 square foot residence was struck by lightning causing a large fire. It occurred 2 miles northeast of Iona along E. Panorama Dr. A firefighter was injured in the fire. An estimated 800,000 dollars worth of damage occurred to the home. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iona | $3,000 | A trailer house on the Bonneville/Jefferson County line in between Rigby and Iona lost it's roof due to thunderstorm winds and 6 to 8 inch tree limbs were downed. |
| November 2017 | Tornado (EF0) | Iona | $200 | A cold air funnel touched ground between 225 and 235 PM MST on the bench between Idaho Falls and Ririe near highway 26. Several photographs were downloaded onto social media of the tornado. A destroyed metal picnic table was the only reported damage from the tornado. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iona | - | A private weather station in Iona measured a 67 mph wind gust from thunderstorm outflow along E Lincoln Rd near Wood River Rd. |
| July 2022 | Hail | Iona | - | One inch hail fell near Thunder Ridge High School. Photograph provided. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Iona | - | Significant street and yard flooding occurred in Iona. The intersection of E Lincoln Rd and Crook Rd and the intersection of E Tanner Dr and N Aubree Way were flooded with over 1 foot of water in the roads in some areas. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Iona | - | One inch hail recorded 6 miles south of Ririe. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iona | - | Photograph of small trees snapped and blown across road in Iona. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Iona | - | Large oak tree downed in Iona. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Beachs Corner | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Orvin | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ammon | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ucon | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Milo | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Idaho Falls | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Payne | 7.1 miles | 14 |
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 Iona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1514630 | 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 397811. 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.






