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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.

Middleton within Canyon County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Middleton 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,524
20209,425+3,901 (+71%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

10 since 1994

Regional 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/undetermined3
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresBoise DistrictRA7 CANYON CO
3 August 1994Arson/incendiarism43 acresBoise DistrictSINKER CR.
8 July 2011Fireworks3.0 acresBoise DistrictHARTLEY
5 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined21 acresBoise DistrictRA6 CANYON CO
2 July 2017Fireworks1.0 acresBoise DistrictLINER
19 July 2017Other causes10 acresBoise DistrictAMSCO
19 July 2011Arson/incendiarism2,890 acresBoise DistrictGOODY
16 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresBoise DistrictGOODSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Blue Creek Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Clay IndustrialClayUnknown
Caldwell Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Canyon County

Storms near this place

6 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017FloodMiddleton$750,000The 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 2003Thunderstorm WindMiddleton$100,000no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindMiddleton$30,000no account filed
May 2024Heavy RainMiddleton-The 24 hour rainfall total was 0.73 inches at station ID CY 34.
June 2006HailMiddleton-no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMiddleton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Canyon 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
Josephson3.1 miles13
Maddens3.3 miles13
Amsco4.3 miles11
Bugtown (historical)4.4 miles13
Caldwell4.7 miles13
Midway5.7 miles13
Moss6.3 miles14
Fischer6.3 miles14

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 MiddletonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1517595The 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.