Richfield, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Richfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83349. The Survey maps it on the Richfield quadrangle. 431 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,298 feet above sea level.
On record in Richfield
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
James H. Laine Barnlisted 1983
Lemmon Hardware Storelisted 1983- Birdie Boussuet Farmlisted 1983
- Alvin Eskelton Barnlisted 1983
- Louis Johnson Barnlisted 1983
- Louis Johnson Water Tank Houselisted 1983
- Quet Johnson Farmlisted 1983
- W. S. Kohl Barnlisted 1983
- Kenneth G. Phelphs Barnlisted 1983
- Richfield Pump Houselisted 1983
- John G. Turner Houselisted 1983
Population over time
2 figuresRichfield fell from 482 to 431 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 | 482 | |
| 2020 | 431 | -51 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hailey quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Richfield quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Richfield between 1995 and 2019, burning about 178,933 acres in total. 2 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Twin Falls District | THELEDGE |
| 13 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Twin Falls District | MM 181 |
| 8 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Twin Falls District | RIVERWOOD |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Twin Falls District | MARLEYRD |
| 9 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 360 acres | Twin Falls District | JIM BROWN BRIDGE |
| 9 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Twin Falls District | SWIMMING HOLE |
| 3 July 1996 | Natural | 178,459 acres | Twin Falls District | RICHFIELDS |
| 14 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY 93 MM 175 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Richfield: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richfield in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | $5,000 | At mile post 169 on highway 26 four trees and 2 power lines were downed by thunderstorm winds. Power lines fell on the highway and only one lane was open for several hours. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A large power outage reported across the city of Richfield due to thunderstorm winds. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A 59 mph wind gust near Richfield. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A 68 mph wind gust measured at the Richfield mesonet site. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind was measured in Richfield. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | A 62 mph wind gust measured by Richfield. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Richfield | - | Golf ball sized hail reported in Richfield. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Richfield | - | One inch hail reported in the city of Richfield. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | Mesonet site at Richfield measured a 61 mph wind gust at 8:13 pm MDT. |
| October 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Richfield | - | Tornado over open ground near Mammoth Ice Caves. No damage occurred. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Richfield | - | One inch hail in Richfield. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Richfield | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Richfield | - | 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.
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 Richfield | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q935656 | 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 398042. 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.



