Middleton, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Middleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83644. It lies near McIntyre Hill. The Survey maps it on the Middleton quadrangle. 9,425 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,398 feet above sea level.
On record in Middleton
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
Middleton Substationlisted 1973
Population over time
2 figuresMiddleton grew from 5,524 to 9,425 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 | 5,524 | |
| 2020 | 9,425 | +3,901 (+71%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Middleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Middleton between 1994 and 2017, burning about 2,988 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Boise District | RA7 CANYON CO |
| 3 August 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 43 acres | Boise District | SINKER CR. |
| 8 July 2011 | Fireworks | 3.0 acres | Boise District | HARTLEY |
| 5 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 acres | Boise District | RA6 CANYON CO |
| 2 July 2017 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Boise District | LINER |
| 19 July 2017 | Other causes | 10 acres | Boise District | AMSCO |
| 19 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,890 acres | Boise District | GOODY |
| 16 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Boise District | GOODSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Middleton: 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Creek Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Clay Industrial | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Caldwell Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleton in 6 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Flood | Middleton | $750,000 | The Boise River remained in flood during the entire month of May due to planned release from Lucky Peak dam. Regulated flows were above flood stage for 101 days resulting in extensive bank erosion and flooding of lowlands along the river. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | $30,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Heavy Rain | Middleton | - | The 24 hour rainfall total was 0.73 inches at station ID CY 34. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Middleton | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Middleton | - | 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.
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 Middleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1517595 | 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 373932. 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.





