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Kimberly, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Kimberly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83341. The Survey maps it on the Kimberly quadrangle. 4,626 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,924 feet above sea level.

Kimberly within Twin Falls County

On record in Kimberly

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Kimberly grew from 3,264 to 4,626 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
20103,264
20204,626+1,362 (+42%)

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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Kimberly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,036 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural4
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1997Natural1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSHOFALLSN
28 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictVINEYARD 2
21 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictHIDDEN LAKE
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictDEVILSPEN
15 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictSHO FALLS
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictOASIS
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined535 acresTwin Falls DistrictDEVILS CORRAL 3
1 September 2008Fireworks4.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDIERKES LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Twin Falls County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kimberly: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Gold. 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
Snake River PlacersGoldPast Producer1862
Twin Falls Lime ProductionCalciumProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Twin Falls County

Storms near this place

5 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kimberly in 5 storm reports between 1993 and 2019: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1993Thunderstorm WindKimberly$500,000The Twin Falls County Sheriff's office reported strong winds associated with a thunderstorm 5 miles south of Kimberly, Idaho. Kimberly is in south central Idaho 5 miles southeast of Twin Falls. The most costly damage was done to two center- pivot irrigation systems. Other damage included roofing torn free from buildings, around 20 trees uprooted, a windmill blown over, and a car damaged by a small falling light pole. Also, a pickup RV camper was rolled over. A farmer reported a missing calf. The wind was strong enough to pick up a 300-pound door and carry it across a street.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Kimberly-A video was posted on Facebook. Downed trees were reported at a farm.
May 2015HailKimberly-A trained spotter reported a severe thunderstorm with 1 inch hail and very heavy rain.
May 1997HailKimberly-A severe thunderstorm produced 3/4 inch hail in Twin Fallls County.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindKimberly-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Twin Falls 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
McMillan3.1 miles9
Hansen3.4 miles8
Bills4.2 miles8
Striker5.2 miles9
Twin Falls5.5 miles9
Rock Creek7.7 miles9
Bickel (historical)8.2 miles8
Knull10.1 miles9

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 KimberlyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1516502The 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 396743. 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.