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Moreland, Idaho

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Moreland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83221. The Survey maps it on the Moreland quadrangle. 1,264 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,462 feet above sea level.

Moreland within Bingham County

Population over time

2 figures

Moreland fell from 1,278 to 1,264 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
20101,278
20201,264-14 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

17 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Moreland between 1995 and 2020, burning about 552 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle 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
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined46 acresBingham CountyBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 7
27 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 10
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.2 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 9
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 8
31 August 1995Debris and open burning200 acresIdaho Falls DistrictN. MORLAND
30 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use30 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHALF ACRE
25 August 2010Recreation and ceremony12 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRIVERTON
2 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bingham 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 Moreland: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Platinum, Titanium. 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
Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle BendGold, Platinum, TitaniumProducer1865
Snake River PlacerGoldPast Producer
Blackfoot Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bingham County

Storms near this place

19 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moreland in 19 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 lightning. 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 2011Tornado (EF0)Moreland$7,000An EF0 tornado hit the city of Moreland along Pioneer Road between 800 and 900 West between 6:50 and 7:00 pm MDT On June 23rd. four homes received damage. A shed at one home was destroyed and a garage to the back of another home was destroyed. A third home had wood sidign removed and damaged trees. A camper was flipped over and was on it's top at a 4th home. A storm survey was done and it was determined to be an EF0 tornado. The Jensen Grove Park near Blackfoot had 19 trees either snapped or uprooted by the storm.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMoreland$5,000An early morning storm moved through Bingham County and downed trees and power lines. Wind speeds of 56 mph were measured in Blackfoot with 2,100 people without power according to Rocky Mountain Power and Idaho Power. The storm moved through around 2 am in the morning with most power restored by 11 am. Several power lines were downed as well as large trees including a 70 foot spruce in Groveland.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMoreland$2,000A large tree was downed at Snake River High School.
August 2003LightningMoreland$500no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMoreland-A 60 mph wind gust recorded northwest of Moreland.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Idaho Power reported power outages in the Moreland and Riverside areas due to thunderstorm outflow wind damage.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMoreland-A private weather station recorded 60 mph wind gust south of Moreland.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Idaho Power reports 150 customers without power across Moreland and Riverside due to thunderstorm winds.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMoreland-One or more large pine trees snapped off near ground in Moreland with power out at 4 pm MDT which affected 1,350 people at one point. Tree limbs also reported downed along with some siding blown off houses.
May 2015Funnel CloudMoreland-Several photographs of funnel cloud taken on May 16th in Blackfoot and Moreland.
June 2015HailMoreland-One inch hail measured in Moreland.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Ten inch diameter by 15 foot long cottonwood branch blown down off tree by thunderstorm wind.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindMoreland-Sixty-one mph wind gust 5 miles northwest of Moreland.
May 1997Heavy RainMoreland-0.75 inch of rain in 20 minutes.
June 2009HailMoreland-no account filed
May 2005HailMoreland-no account filed
May 2005HailMoreland-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMoreland-no account filed
July 1996HailMoreland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bingham 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
Clarkson1.5 miles12
Aberdeen Junction1.5 miles12
Riverside1.8 miles12
Rouse2.0 miles12
Aiken2.1 miles12
Peterson (historical)3.7 miles12
Groveland3.7 miles13
Collins3.8 miles12

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 MorelandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3862923The 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 396925. 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.