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Roberts, Idaho

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Roberts census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83444. The Survey maps it on the Roberts quadrangle. 500 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,777 feet above sea level.

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Roberts within Jefferson County

On record in Roberts

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

Population over time

2 figures

Roberts fell from 580 to 500 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
2010580
2020500-80 (-14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Roberts between 2003 and 2018, burning about 1,951 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
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictMARKET
18 August 2018Natural1,950 acresIdaho Falls DistrictARTESIAN
5 June 2003Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresIdaho Falls DistrictMARKET LAK

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Roberts: 11 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, 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
Market Lake PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Roberts Clay MineBrick ClayProducerClay
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow 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

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

37 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Roberts in 37 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 23 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 funnel cloud, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023FloodRoberts$126,500The beginning of snowmelt season brought some initial sheet flooding to Jefferson County with road and bridge damage and surrounding some homes Minimal damage occurred to the homes with about 126 thousand dollars of road and bridge damage.
June 2002Tornado (F1)Roberts$60,000no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindRoberts$2,000Power lines reported down near Roberts.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRoberts$1,000Tree estimated at 1.5 feet in diameter snapped off several feet above the base with a second tree downed nearby.
April 2015HailRoberts$1,000Three to 6 inches of hail accumulated in Roberts. Several cars slid off roads and an INL bus got stuck in the ice. Snow plows were called out to plow the roads in the Roberts area.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindRoberts$1,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed flag pole and chicken coop at residence in Roberts and items blown 200 feet from house.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindRoberts$500Pine trees were snapped with shingles blown off a home. Occurred just north of Roberts.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRoberts$250Large tree limb snapped off south of Roberts.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindRoberts-The Osgood ITD site measured a 60 mph wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRoberts-Rocky Mountain Power reported power outage due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2024Funnel CloudRoberts-Received multiple reports from public and photos of funnel cloud southwest of Roberts.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRoberts-Rocky Mountain Power reported 700 customers without power due to thunderstorm winds in the Roberts area.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRoberts-Roberts mesonet site measured a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindRoberts-A thunderstorm outflow wind of 72 mph measured at the NOAA ARL Rover site.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRoberts-A 60 mph wind gust 1 mile north of Roberts.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindRoberts-A 58 mph wind reported in Roberts.
September 2020Thunderstorm WindRoberts-Roberts ARL site recorded 57 mph wind gust.
March 2019FloodRoberts-Some flooding occurred in Jefferson County closing a few roads, but cooling temperatures eased the issue. Only minor damage occurred.
May 2018HailRoberts-An inch and a quarter sized hail fell in Roberts.
May 2018Funnel CloudRoberts-A spotter reported a funnel cloud 13 miles west of Rexburg on highway 33 at mile marker 64.
May 2018HailRoberts-Spotter reported 1 inch hail on Highway 33 at mile marker 64 thirteen miles west of Rexburg.
May 2018HailRoberts-One inch hail in Roberts.
October 2016HailRoberts-One inch hail in northwest Roberts.
October 2016Funnel CloudRoberts-Funnel cloud reported in Roberts.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindRoberts-A 68 mph wind gust at the Rover ARL site.
October 2016Thunderstorm WindRoberts-A 60 mph gust measured at the Rover ARL site.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindRoberts-A 72 mph wind gust was recorded at the Roberts ARL Site.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindRoberts-A 59 mph wind gust was measured at Roberts.
August 2014HailRoberts-One inch hail photographed and placed on social media occurred in the city of Roberts.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindRoberts-Roberts ARL mesnonet site recorded 60 mph winds.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Roberts-A brief touchdown from a weak tornado that caused no damage.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindRoberts-Wind blew 70 foot section of wall off shed.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindRoberts-no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindRoberts-no account filed
August 2005HailRoberts-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindRoberts-no account filed
September 1997Thunderstorm WindRoberts-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Bassett5.2 miles13
Lewisville6.4 miles13
Midway6.5 miles13
Barlow6.9 miles13
Menan7.2 miles12
Grant8.1 miles13
Sage Junction8.5 miles9
Annis10.1 miles12

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 RobertsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1517849The 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 398052. 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.