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Parker, Idaho

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the St. Anthony census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83445. The Survey maps it on the Parker quadrangle. 302 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,928 feet above sea level.

Parker within Fremont County

Population over time

2 figures

Parker fell from 305 to 302 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
2010305
2020302-3 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Parker between 1992 and 2012, burning about 50 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
20 September 2012Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRIVERBOTTOM
10 July 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictDUNES
26 June 1994Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHENRY'S #4
26 June 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictST.ANTHONY
13 June 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRED ROAD
6 May 2001Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRAILROAD
30 May 1994Debris and open burning39 acresIdaho Falls DistrictHENRY'S 3
11 May 1996Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSALEM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fremont County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Parker: 4 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parker Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Parker Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Wilford PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Fremont County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parker in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 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 2019Thunderstorm WindParker$8,000Large shed and adjacent concrete pad thrown across the road along E 500 N in the area of n 1800 E. Irrigation pivot overturned just sough of e 500 N and just west of N 1800 E. Portion of a sheet metal rood peeled back and damaged on a barn.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindParker$5,000Over a dozen trees were down in the area of N 1900 E just north of E 400 N. Many snapped off at various heights. Portion of sheet metal roof and adjacent plywood removed from building and found in ditch.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindParker$3,000no account filed
July 2025Thunderstorm WindParker$500Medium sized tree one foot in diameter blown over in Parker.
August 2024LightningParker$100Fremont County Emergency Manager reported lightning strike started a fire on the west side of Red Rd.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindParker-The emergency manager reported downed trees and power lines in Parker.
June 2019HailParker-One inch hail 4 miles west southwest of Parker.
May 2018Funnel CloudParker-A funnel cloud reported by spotter west of Parker.
July 1996HailParker-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fremont 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
Pyke1.8 miles10
Heman2.1 miles10
Saint Anthony4.0 miles10
Egin4.5 miles10
Wilford5.3 miles10
Teton6.6 miles10
Twin Groves7.0 miles10
Newdale9.6 miles10

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 ParkerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1509900The 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 397007. 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.