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Malad City, Idaho

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Malad City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83252. It lies near Maple Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Malad City West quadrangle. 2,299 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,551 feet above sea level.

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Malad City within Oneida County

On record in Malad City

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 5 records

Population over time

2 figures

Malad City grew from 2,095 to 2,299 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
20102,095
20202,299+204 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Malad City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 722 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictWESTON
13 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestDEEP CREEK 2
9 August 1998Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestTORO
25 August 2017Natural65 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestONEIDA COUNTY ASSIST 3
2 August 1996Natural1.5 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDEEP CREEK
17 August 2000Natural10 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestDUMP
9 July 2014Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestMAPLE HOLLOW
9 July 2014Naturalunder an acreCaribou-Targhee National ForestOLD DUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Oneida County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Malad City: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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
Oneida Perlite Expanding PlantPerlitePast Producer
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Oneida County

Storms near this place

16 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malad City in 16 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2020Thunderstorm WindMalad City$50,000Widespread wind damage occurred across the valley west of Malad City with a total of at least 40 trees down from the Pleasantview area and Idaho Highway 38 at southern end, to the west side of Malad City at the eastern extent, to 2800 N at the northern extent. Damage was noted at nearly every property. Maximum winds were estimated at 75 to 90 mph based on observed damage. Multiple homes had roof shingles blown off with wagon wheel irrigation systems blown around and damaged usually be wrapping against trees or power poles.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMalad City$25,000Large tree fell on top of a home in Malad City. Residents had to evacuate home.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindMalad City$21,000no account filed
August 2008Thunderstorm WindMalad City$10,000A severe thunderstorm downed several trees, damaged roofs and tossed debris throughout the city at around 3 am MDT August 10th.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindMalad City-A 62 mph wind gust measured at Malad Summit.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMalad City-A 78 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was recorded at the Station Canyon mesonet station.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMalad City-The Malad Summit mesonet station on interstate 15 recorded a 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
September 2023Flash FloodMalad City-Water ran across Old Highway 191 at several locations between Idaho 36 and Devil Creek Reservoir due to heavy rain.
July 2021Flash FloodMalad City-A NWS storm survey found flooding had occurred on Highway 36 with damage to culverts. Idaho Transportation Department was cleaning up debris.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMalad City-Multiple trees were down including on a house along N 3100 W.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMalad City-A roof was blown off a large outbuilding along W 2800 N between N 3900 W and 3100 W.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMalad City-N 3400 W was closed by law enforcement from W 2000 N south to W 1000 N due to multiple trees, tree limbs, and power lines down blocking the road at various locations. Several power poses were damaged or leaning. A large tree was uprooted and down on a house along W 2000 N between N 3400 W and 3100 W along with a power line. Numerous trees and tree limbs down across the area with tree debris covering several roads. Tree branches were hanging from power lines.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindMalad City-Numerous large trees were downed across Malad City.
September 2016Funnel CloudMalad City-A funnel cloud was photographed near Malad on September 14th.
July 2004Flash FloodMalad City-no account filed
July 2002HailMalad City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Oneida 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
Saint Johns2.7 miles9
Pleasantview5.2 miles9
Gwenford5.7 miles9
Cherry Creek6.5 miles10
Samaria6.8 miles9
Holbrook Summit10.9 miles9
Woodruff10.9 miles10
Ireland Springs13.1 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 Malad CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1516548The 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 396844. 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.