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Shoshone, Idaho

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the Shoshone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83352. The Survey maps it on the Shoshone quadrangle. 1,653 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,963 feet above sea level.

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Shoshone within Lincoln County

On record in Shoshone

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 12 of 27 shown

Every listing in Lincoln County

Population over time

2 figures

Shoshone grew from 1,461 to 1,653 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
20101,461
20201,653+192 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 8 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Shoshone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47,520 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural15
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictGRACIE
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictJOHNNYS E.
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined61 acresTwin Falls DistrictJOHNNYSMID
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTwin Falls DistrictJOHNNYS W.
25 September 2019Firearms and explosives use1.3 acresTwin Falls DistrictDROPS
25 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance610 acresTwin Falls DistrictUPRRMP318
2 September 2003Naturalunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictSHO WSA
19 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTwin Falls DistrictHW75MM76W

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shoshone: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, PGE, 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
Frank E Wilson Ranch PlacerGold, Titanium, PGEUnknown
Lows Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

33 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shoshone in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 flood, 2 funnel cloud. 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
February 2017FloodShoshone$2,150,000A significant warmup caused massive sheet flooding in Lincoln County beginning early in the month and continuing through the end. Significant damage occurred to private homes and especially roadways. The state declared Lincoln county a disaster area. Many roads were closed by the 11th with water over roadways from east of Shoshone to the Minidoka County line. The town of Kimana had significant flooding as well. Some of the road closures were 200 East Highway 24, 270 South between 650-750 East, 330S between 750 and 850, 70 South, 600 North and 1200 North.
March 2017FloodShoshone$277,000Snow melt sheet flooding continued into March in the region with continued road and property damage due to the waters. The last two days of the month release from the Magic Reservoir into the Big Wood River caused some flooding 5 miles north of Shoshone and trapped a many in his home for a couple of days. It washed over the bridge in front of his home blocking his way out.
January 2012FloodShoshone$37,500Several thousand dollars worth of damage due to flooding from extensive rainfall during the week. In Lincoln County two rural houses flooded along with several road washouts. Much of 420N washed out along with 720N 825 E and several BLM roads. Several roads damaged in the city of Shoshone.
December 2025Thunderstorm WindShoshone$8,000Numerous trees and power lines downed.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindShoshone$8,000no account filed
July 2013Thunderstorm WindShoshone$5,000Multiple trees downed in Shoshone with power outages reported. 5000 dollars worth of damage reported from tree limbs falling onto a house.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindShoshone$5,000no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindShoshone$4,000no account filed
June 2017Thunderstorm WindShoshone$1,500Multiple trees were reported downed in Shoshone due to thunderstorm winds. A roof was also ripped off of a barn. Some power lines were downed and 100 people lost power in the city.
October 2006Tornado (F0)Shoshone$1,000Tornado touched down in Shoshone with several trees reported downed with some branches thrown through windows.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindShoshone-Idaho Power reported 400 customers without power in southwest Lincoln County.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindShoshone-A tree was downed at a residence causing some shingle damage.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindShoshone-Four power poles snapped in half between N Apple St and N Birch St. Large tree downed at W 4th St and N Cherry St. An outside ice storage bin flipped over and reports of multiple trees downed.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindShoshone-Multiple power poles down south of Shoshone along US Route 93.
April 2017FloodShoshone-Releases form the Magic Reservoir the last two days of March continued into the first week of April and some field flooding along the Big Wood River continued including a washed out bridge on personal property. The man was blocked in his home for a few days.
September 2017Funnel CloudShoshone-A thunderstorm north of Shoshone created a funnel cloud at around 3:45 PM MDT on September 30th with photographs of the funnel provided by a Twin Falls television meteorologist.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindShoshone-Near the Lincoln and Blaine County border the sheriff reported thunderstorm wind gusts blew a car off the road.
August 2013HailShoshone-One inch hail measured in Shoshone.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindShoshone-The Shoshone mesonet site recorded a 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
October 2006Tornado (F0)Shoshone-Tornado occurred over open land 9 miles northwest of Shoshone. No damage occurred.
September 1995Thunderstorm WindShoshone-Winds gusted to 66 miles per hour 20 miles northeast of Shoshone. Another storm at Soldier Mountain in Fairfield produced lightning that struck a ski lift control booth setting it on fire, the cable was broken and 15 ski lift chairs were damaged.
March 2006Thunderstorm WindShoshone-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindShoshone-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindShoshone-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindShoshone-no account filed
April 2003Funnel CloudShoshone-no account filed
August 2003WildfireShoshone-no account filed
June 1998HailShoshone-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindShoshone-no account filed
June 1996HailShoshone-no account filed
June 1996HailShoshone-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindShoshone-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindShoshone-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Dietrich7.7 miles7
Tunupa9.3 miles7
Marley10.8 miles8
Besslen12.5 miles7
Richfield15.4 miles8
Burmah15.4 miles9
Owinza18.7 miles7
Pagari21.7 miles9

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 ShoshoneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1517737The 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 400083. 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.