Newdale, Idaho
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 83451. The Survey maps it on the Newdale quadrangle. 337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,079 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresNewdale grew from 323 to 337 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 | 323 | |
| 2020 | 337 | +14 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1949 USGS Newdale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Newdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Rexburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Newdale between 1996 and 2020, burning about 25 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | 20 acres | Idaho Falls District | TETON DAM |
| 29 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Upper Snake Field Office | TETON DAM |
| 11 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Upper Snake Field Office | SPILLWAY |
| 8 April 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | TETON DAM |
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Newdale: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Village of Newdale | Geothermal | Prospect | ||
| Garrett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newdale in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 dust devil. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newdale | $25,000 | Fremont County Emergency Manager reports multiple power poles down in area of Idaho 33 milepost 108 near Newdale. Rocky Mountain Power reported several thousand customers without power. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newdale | $15,000 | Fremont County 911 Dispatch reported windows smashed out on one vehicle traveling on ID 33 due to falling power lines and power poles. No injuries occurred. |
| May 2013 | Dust Devil | Newdale | - | The Fremont County emergency manager took several well defined photographs of a dust devil east of Newdale at around 1:15 pm MDT. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teton | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wilford | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Twin Groves | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Saint Anthony | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pyke | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Chester | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Parker | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Heman | 11.3 miles | 10 |
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 Newdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1509761 | 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 396954. 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.





