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.
Population over time
2 figuresMoreland 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,278 | |
| 2020 | 1,264 | -14 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1940 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Moreland quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1995Regional 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Bingham County | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 7 |
| 27 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 10 |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.2 acres | Idaho Falls District | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 9 |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 8 |
| 31 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Idaho Falls District | N. MORLAND |
| 30 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Idaho Falls District | HALF ACRE |
| 25 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 12 acres | Idaho Falls District | RIVERTON |
| 2 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | BINGHAM COUNTY ASSIST 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welch Ground, and Gold Point and Eagle Bend | Gold, Platinum, Titanium | Producer | 1865 | |
| Snake River Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Blackfoot Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Moreland | $7,000 | An 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $5,000 | An 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | $2,000 | A large tree was downed at Snake River High School. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Moreland | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | A 60 mph wind gust recorded northwest of Moreland. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | Idaho Power reported power outages in the Moreland and Riverside areas due to thunderstorm outflow wind damage. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | A private weather station recorded 60 mph wind gust south of Moreland. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | Idaho Power reports 150 customers without power across Moreland and Riverside due to thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | 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 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Moreland | - | Several photographs of funnel cloud taken on May 16th in Blackfoot and Moreland. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Moreland | - | One inch hail measured in Moreland. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | Ten inch diameter by 15 foot long cottonwood branch blown down off tree by thunderstorm wind. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | Sixty-one mph wind gust 5 miles northwest of Moreland. |
| May 1997 | Heavy Rain | Moreland | - | 0.75 inch of rain in 20 minutes. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Moreland | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Moreland | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Moreland | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moreland | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Moreland | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkson | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Aberdeen Junction | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Riverside | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Rouse | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Aiken | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Peterson (historical) | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Groveland | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Collins | 3.8 miles | 12 |
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 Moreland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3862923 | 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 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.





