Jerome, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jerome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83338. The Survey maps it on the Jerome quadrangle. 12,349 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,763 feet above sea level.
Research this city
On record in Jerome
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 12 of 56 shown
James Bothwell Water Tank Houselisted 1983
Frank J. Brick Houselisted 1983
Dick Callen Houselisted 1983
Canyonside Schoollisted 1983
O. J. Daniels Houselisted 1983
George V. Doughty House and Garagelisted 1983
George Epperson Houselisted 1983
Falls City School Houselisted 1983
Gleason, F. C. Houselisted 1983
Huer Well House/Water Tanklisted 1983
Jerome City Pump Houselisted 1983
Jerome Cooperative Creamerylisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresJerome grew from 10,890 to 12,349 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 | 10,890 | |
| 2020 | 12,349 | +1,459 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Jerome quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Jerome between 1995 and 2017, burning about 12 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | APPLIANCE |
| 10 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.9 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY93 MM59 |
| 27 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Twin Falls District | HWY93 MM58 |
| 1 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | I84 MM162 |
| 23 June 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Twin Falls District | REST STOP |
| 11 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Twin Falls District | GOLF COURSE RD |
| 4 November 1999 | Fireworks | under an acre | Twin Falls District | FLATTOP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerome in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flood | Jerome | $2,750,000 | Rainfall and rapid melting of low elevation snowpack on top of frozen and saturated soil led to widespread flooding. Many roads around Jerome were damaged and closed due to flood waters. Widespread flooding of agricultural lands occurred. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | A tree branch with a width estimated to be 1.5 - 2 feet in diameter fell onto a parked car, causing significant damage to a parked car. Winds are estimated to be 65 MPH, given the size of the branch that fell while also taking into consideration that the branch appeared to be unhealthy in the image. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | The local newspaper reported that a barn had collapsed and power poles were down just north of Jerome. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | The Jerome Butte ITD station reported a wind gust of 64 MPH. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | One tree blown down and tin roofing removed from the roof of a barn in Jerome. Images forwarded by KMVT. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Jerome | - | A trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail covering most of the ground and damage to his corn crop. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | A wind gust of 60 MPH was reported at the Jerome ASOS. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Jerome | - | A Jerome County deputy reported a brief tornado touchdown. No damage was reported. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Jerome | - | Local media reported quarter sized hail around the Jerome, Idaho area. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | KMVT television station reported a large tree was uprooted in Jerome, Idaho. |
| January 2011 | Flood | Jerome | - | The North Side Canal overflowed around the intersection of Tiger Drive and 16th Avenue East on Monday the 17th. City workers cleared mud and debris from streets and some homes and basements were flooded. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | Jerome County Sherrif dispatch reported trees and power lines down in the town of Jerome and the ASOS reported a wind gust of 67 MPH. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | Wide spread thunderstorms moved into in Jerome County. These storms brought, heavy rain and strong winds that blew down trees and caused power outages in Jerome and Gooding counties. Blowing dust across Interstate 84 with visibilities as low as 10 feet caused several accidents. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Jerome | - | The Jerome County Sheriff reported 1.75 inch hailstones from a severe thunderstorm. |
| August 1997 | Hail | Jerome | - | A spotter in Jerome reported 7/8 inch hail with an evening thunderstorm. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jerome | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Jerome | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydra | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Haytown (historical) | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Barrymore | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Falls City | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sugar Loaf | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Perrine | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hunt | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Tipperary Corner | 15.5 miles | 8 |
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 Jerome | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1518127 | 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 396706. 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.
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.




