Shelley, Idaho
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Shelley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83274. It lies near The Butte. The Survey maps it on the Idaho Falls South quadrangle. 4,785 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,633 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresShelley grew from 4,409 to 4,785 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 | 4,409 | |
| 2020 | 4,785 | +376 (+9%) |
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.
- 1948 USGS Idaho Falls South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Idaho Falls South quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Idaho Falls South quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Blackfoot quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Shelley between 2003 and 2017, burning about 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2017 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | HORSESHOE |
| 4 July 2003 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | CEDAR PT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shelley: 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Bonneville Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Id Hwy Dpt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Idaho Falls Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shelley in 12 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 6 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Shelley | $350,000 | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Hail | Shelley | $2,000 | Potato crop damage occurred from rain, hail and wind in Shelley. |
| July 2023 | Lightning | Shelley | $1,000 | Rocky Mountain Power reported lightning knocked out power to 75 customers. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelley | $300 | Portion of tree downed by a thunderstorm wind in Shelley. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Shelley | - | One inch hail fell in Shelley. |
| June 2011 | Flood | Shelley | - | The Snake River near Shelley was above flood stage from June 1st through June 12th at 12 feet peaking at 13 feet on June 10th which was major flood stage. County Road 700 North southwest of Firth was closed. Homes on that road were surrounded by water with yards and outbuildings flooded. In Firth the Riverview Arena was partially underwater and extensive flooding of lowland and agricultural fields occurred between Firth and Rose. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Shelley | - | Tornado in open fields. No damage reported. |
| March 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shelley | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Shelley | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Hail | Shelley | - | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Hail | Shelley | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Shelley | - | 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 Shelley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1520232 | 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 397154. 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.





