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Island Park, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Island Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83429. It stands on Toms Creek. The Survey maps it on the Island Park quadrangle. 193 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,293 feet above sea level.

Island Park within Fremont County

On record in Island Park

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Island Park fell from 286 to 193 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
2010286
2020193-93 (-33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Island Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony6
Smoking3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBOONDOCKS
24 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBUFFALO
24 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
16 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBUFFALO
11 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestBOOT
8 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestCHICK
7 August 1992Smokingunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National Forestnot named
5 August 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestRANCHO MCCREE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Island Park: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Island Park in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash 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
June 2022FloodIsland Park$10,000One to 2 inches of rain fell in Fremont County over a 48 hour period and caused extensive flooding. A lot of flooding in the Rea area in the Yale Creek estates and Shotgun Complex areas north of Kilgore Yale Road. Flooding reported at Island Park Village Golf Course. Rushing water flooded private roads/driveways i Pine Crest area. Red Rock Pass Road and Forest Service Road 58 washed out near Duck Creek. Yale Creek flooded across S Beaver Sprigs Rd with damage to the road.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindIsland Park$5,000Four trees were downed by thunderstorm winds in Island Park causing roof damage and power line damage.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindIsland Park$3,000no account filed
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIsland Park$1,000Large tree down at Elk Creek Estates.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindIsland Park$500Severe thunderstorm winds blew over two pine trees into a power line which started a small fire at East Pie Haven Drive in Island Park.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIsland Park-The Osborne Bridge Idaho Transportation RWIS site measured 59 mph.
May 2018HailIsland Park-One inch hail reported at Island Park village Resort.
June 2016HailIsland Park-The public reported one inch hail in Island Park on June 28th at around 445 pm.
September 2013HailIsland Park-One inch hail observed in Island Park.
July 2011Flash FloodIsland Park-Several small streams exceeded bankfull. Open fields were flooded.
July 2008HailIsland Park-Penny sized hail near Island Park.
May 2000HailIsland Park-no account filed
July 1996Heavy RainIsland Park-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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
Trude2.9 miles11
Box Canyon3.6 miles11
Last Chance4.3 miles11
Rea4.6 miles11
Flat Rock5.6 miles12
Eccles7.7 miles10
Big Springs8.0 miles11
Pineview10.0 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 Island ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1513458The 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 396695. 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.