New Plymouth, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the New Plymouth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83655. The Survey maps it on the New Plymouth quadrangle. 1,494 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,264 feet above sea level.
On record in New Plymouth
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
New Plymouth Congregational Churchlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresNew Plymouth fell from 1,538 to 1,494 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 | 1,538 | |
| 2020 | 1,494 | -44 (-3%) |
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.
- 1898 USGS Nampa quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS New Plymouth quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of New Plymouth between 1992 and 2018, burning about 167 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Boise District | I-84 MP 7 |
| 2 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Boise District | I84 3TA9 |
| 12 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | I 84 MP 6 |
| 5 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Boise District | MP9I84 |
| 30 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Boise District | MP 10 I-84 |
| 15 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Boise District | MM9 I84 |
| 30 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Boise District | RA4 PAYETTE CO |
| 26 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 151 acres | Boise District | I84 MP6 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Plymouth: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Plymouth in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 2024 | Hail | New Plymouth | 3 hurt | Hail from a storm that was approximately one inch in diameter accumulated three inches deep on I-84 near Exit 9 and caused slick roads and 2 car accidents. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Plymouth | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Plymouth | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | New Plymouth | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Flood | New Plymouth | $2,000 | Flooding occurred along the Payette River around the Payette, Idaho area and surrounding fields and roads. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Plymouth | - | A large diameter branch fell on a powerline and started a house fire, causing significant damage to the structure. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Plymouth | - | A metal roof was blown off a home in New Plymouth, ID. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | New Plymouth | - | The mesonet station DW6457 near New Plymouth, ID measured 0.87 inches of heavy rain. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | New Plymouth | - | The Mesonet station, DW6457, near New Plymouth measured 1.11 inches of total rainfall. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Plymouth | - | Social media posted pictures of utility poles snapped in half near New Plymouth. National Weather Service radar indicated outflow thunderstorm winds were around 50 knots. |
| August 2004 | Tornado (F0) | New Plymouth | - | Near Sand Hollow, Payette, Gem county line. No damaged reported. |
| July 2003 | Hail | New Plymouth | - | Wind gusts to 44 knots taking shingles off buildings. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Plymouth | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | New Plymouth | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Corner | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Buckingham | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fort Wilson | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Palisades Corner | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fruitland | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Eiffie | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ramey | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Gayway Corner | 6.7 miles | 16 |
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 New Plymouth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1517585 | 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 396952. 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.





