Rockland, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rockland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83271. It stands on East Fork Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rockland West quadrangle. 242 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,649 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRockland fell from 295 to 242 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 | 295 | |
| 2020 | 242 | -53 (-18%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1934 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1937 USGS Rockland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Rockland West quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Pocatello quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Rockland between 1992 and 2010, burning about 4,119 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 133 acres | Idaho Falls District | EAST FORK |
| 5 August 2010 | Natural | 3,323 acres | Idaho Falls District | POWER COUNTY 2 |
| 3 August 1992 | Natural | 600 acres | Idaho Falls District | TABLE ROCK |
| 15 July 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.3 acres | Idaho Falls District | CREEK |
| 13 July 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 62 acres | Idaho Falls District | ROCKLAND |
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rockland: 4 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Geothermal, Gold, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannock Apex 1 | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Geothermal Location 10S-30E-24BA | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Eliason Ranch Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Prospect | Pumice | |
| Pumicite Deposit | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Pumicite Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pumicite Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Rocky Hollow Pumicite Occurrence | Pumice | Prospect |
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockland in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2022: 7 hail, 6 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2012 | Flood | Rockland | $5,000 | Several roads flooded with debris in the southern part of the Arbon Valley due to rain and snow melt. |
| July 2004 | Flash Flood | Rockland | $2,500 | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockland | $1,500 | Several large trees damaged with a few down along East Fork or Rock Creek east, southeast of Rockland. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Rockland | - | Several washouts along Highway 37 south of Rockland including one along King Lane found in NWS storm survey. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockland | - | A large tree over 2 feet in diameter snapped off just above the base near the intersection of Center St and Main St. Additional large tree limbs were down throughout Rockland. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockland | - | Multiple large trees down along Wildcat Rd. An irrigation pivot overturned and was damaged. |
| May 2019 | Funnel Cloud | Rockland | - | A funnel cloud was spotted near Rockland on the afternoon of the 28th . |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Rockland | - | Power County was declared a natural disaster area by the USDA due to barley crop loss in August from heavy rains. Eastern Idaho lost about 64 million dollars of barley crops due to the rains with a portion of that occurring in Power County. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Rockland | - | One inch hail reported near Roy. |
| August 2007 | Hail | Rockland | - | One inch hail reported by weather spotter in Rockland. |
| July 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Rockland | - | A weak tornado touched down near Massacre Rocks in the Rock Creek Road area between 3:25 PM and 3:50 PM MDT. The tornado was witnessed by many of the public and was also visible form the Pocatello NWS office to the southwest. The tornado occurred over open land and produced no damage. A survey by NWS personnel classified it as a low end F0 tornado. No personal or monetary losses occurred from this weak tornado. |
| July 2001 | Flash Flood | Rockland | - | One inch of rain in 45 minutes caused the rock Creek to flood. No reports of damage were received. |
| August 1995 | Hail | Rockland | - | Heavy rains hit the Pocatello area once again. Two miles northeast of Pocatello .40" fell in 20 minutes and in Pocatello .55" fell in 30 minutes. These rains flooded the Center Street underpass causing damage to the city landfill. Later 1.6" fell in one hour in Rockland. Another severe thunderstorm produced .75" hail almost two inches deep along Toponce Canyon road five miles west of Chesterfield. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Rockland | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Rockland | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Rockland | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Hail | Rockland | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Heavy Rain | Rockland | - | no account filed |
| September 1997 | Hail | Rockland | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Rockland | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Rockland | - | 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 Rockland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1511246 | 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 398061. 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.





