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Mountain Home, Idaho

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Mountain Home census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83647. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Home North quadrangle. 15,979 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,146 feet above sea level.

Mountain Home within Elmore County

On record in Mountain Home

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 11 records

Population over time

2 figures

Mountain Home grew from 14,206 to 15,979 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
201014,206
202015,979+1,773 (+12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Home between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,973 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural9
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes2
Firearms and explosives use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution370 acresBoise DistrictN MTN HOME
21 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresBoise DistrictH-20MP98 4
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBoise DistrictHOT
9 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresBoise DistrictMM99 I 84
9 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use88 acresBoise DistrictEDGEMEAD
8 August 2013Natural320 acresBoise DistrictMM99 I84
4 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresBoise DistrictBIG HOLE
4 August 2001Other causes2.0 acresBoise DistrictSUBSTATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Elmore 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 Mountain Home: 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Ptla MineGoldPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mountain Home PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Elmore County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Home in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-Strong winds brought a tree down and damaged an outdoor pool near downtown Mountain Home, ID.
August 2023Heavy RainMountain Home-The CoCoRaHS station ID-EL-3 0.9 miles southwest of Mountain Home measured 1.32 inches of rain.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-A large tree partially was uprooted and fell on house near East Second Avenue in Mountain Home. Numerous small branches were down with diameters of 1 to 2 inches. A Porta Potty was blown over near Rosewood Park. Damage occurred during a thunderstorm with brief heavy rain which was described as wet downburst.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-The Mountain Home AFB ASOS recorded a wind gust of 69 knots and social media reported trees down in Mountain Home, Hammett, and Glenns Ferry.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Mountain Home-Two photographs submitted by the public on Facebook show an EF-0 tornado about 10 miles northwest of Mountain Home. No damage was reported.
August 2013HailMountain Home-A trained spotter reported penny sized hail in Mountain Home, Idaho. Damage to a local business and power outages was also reported.
June 2009Flash FloodMountain Home-Several homes in Mountain Home, Idaho had water in the basement due to water flowing across the ground from heavy rain.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-A roof was lifted off a barn and tossed several hundred yards as it slowly disintegrated. Several animals were hurt by flying debris.
May 2004HailMountain Home-No know damage
August 2000WildfireMountain Home-A fire that was determined to be "human caused" burned 23,960 acres near Mountain Home. The Oregon Trail Fire, so named because it followed the path of the old pioneer trail, burned across Highway20, prompting a 5 hour closure of the road and at times threatened several homes. Several outbuildings and haystacks were destroyed and although some residents were temporarily evacuated, no homes were burned. The fire was contained on the 10th with suppression costs reaching $550K. Damage estimates were unavailable.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindMountain Home-no account filed
July 1997HailMountain Home-no account filed
July 1997HailMountain Home-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Elmore 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
Sebree6.4 miles18
Reverse8.6 miles20
Cleft11.2 miles18
Hammett17.6 miles13
Reclamation Village17.6 miles16
Dixie18.1 miles16
Stout Crossing20.3 miles17
Emigrant Crossing22.2 miles17

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 Mountain HomeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1519589The 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 374044. 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.