Terreton, Idaho
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Mud Lake-Hamer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83450. The Survey maps it on the Terreton quadrangle. It stands 4,790 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Idaho Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Terreton quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Circular Butte quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Terreton between 1994 and 2002, burning about 4,602 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | 4,600 acres | Boise National Forest | BEAR RIVER |
| 4 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | LTLE POC C |
| 13 August 2001 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | MUD |
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 Terreton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
43 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terreton in 43 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 35 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Terreton | $5,000 | Tornado in Mud Lake area. Several trees downed and one tractor moved across highway and rolled over. |
| May 2011 | Flood | Terreton | $2,000 | Extensive road damage and washouts occurred along Kelly Canyon Road. Extensive lawland and agricultural field flooding occurred and a few properties had minor flooding in yards. One home 3 miles east of Roberts just off Highway 48 had water in the basement. Teh Menan Buttes Public Access boat ramp flooded and a recreational day use area and boat ramp adjacent to Highway 48 flooded. Levees were raised in the Roberts area and Scotts Slough by the Menan Buttes Bridge to avoid flood waters. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 61 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was recorded at the Terreton mesonet site. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust was measured at the Rover mesonet site. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 67 mph wind gust was recorded at the ROV mesonet site. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 59 mph wind gust recorded at the Terreton mesonet site. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | Mesonet station ROV recorded a 64 mph wind gust. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | Large power outage reported southeast of Mud Lake due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 58 mph wind gust measured at the ROV mesonet station. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | The Reno Gulch mesonet site recorded a 62 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 64 mph thunderstorm wind gust measured at NOAA ARL FRD Specific Manufacturing Capability mesonet site. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | Rover mesonet recorded 60 mph wind gust. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 60 mph wind gust measured south of Terreton . |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | Rocky Mountain Power estimated 1,300 customers without power due to thunderstorm wind damage. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | The Rover mesonet site 9 miles south southwest of Mud Lake recorded a 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 58 mph wind gust measured at the Materials Fuels Complex. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 58 mph wind gust was measured at at the Telegraph Hill ITD site. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind was measured at the Rover ARL site. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 60 mph gust 1 mile northeast of Terreton. |
| September 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 60 mph wind gust 9 miles south southwest of Mud Lake. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 64 mph wind gust reported in Terreton. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 62 mph gust measured at Terreton mesonet site. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | The Rover station recorded a 63 mph wind gust. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | The Terreton mesonet site recorded a 58 mph wind gust. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 61 mph wind gust was measured at the Rover ARL site at INL. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | Sixty mph wind gust at ARL Rover site. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A thunderstorm produced a 60 mph wind at the Rover ARL mesonet site. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | The Terreton ARL mesonet site recorded a thunderstorm produced wind gust of 60 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 70 mph wind gust measured 9 miles south southwest of Mud Lake. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 68 mph wind gust measured 1 mile from Terreton. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A 63 mph wind gust was recorded at the Rover ARL ITD site. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Terreton | - | Video and photographs received on social media tornado over in between Mud Lake and Sage Junction in Jefferson County on July 11th. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | The ARL Materials Fuels Complex measured a 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | Sixty-four mph wind gust at the Rover site. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | Rover mesonet recorded 67 mph wind from severe thunderstorm. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | A sixty mph wind gust was measured at the Terreton mesonet site. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Terreton | - | A F1 Tornado touch down about one mile west of Mud Lake demolishing a shed, damaging a quanset hut, lifting a roof off another shed, and rolling over an irrigation circle line. The tornado moved east toward Mud Lake knocking down trees, large branches and two power poles. In Mud Lake metal siding was stripped off a few buildings and a large portion of a restaurant roof was blown off. An approximate 100 x 50 foot roof was lifted off a building at the Feed Company Shed on the NW corner of town and deposited on two trucks. The tornado continued to move northeast causing damage to sheds, roofs, trees and other structures 1 to 2 miles north of Terreton. Two miles north of Terreton a large roof was lifted off a shed and thrown over 150 feet landing on top of a home. The large funnel associated with the tornado was visible from the NWS in Pocatello at 5:05 pm MDT...a distance of about 65 miles. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Terreton | - | Hail associated with Terreton tornadic storm |
| June 2023 | Hail | Terreton | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Terreton | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Terreton | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Terreton | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mud Lake | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Level (historical) | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Monteview | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sage Junction | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hamer | 13.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hawgood | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Camas | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| Roberts | 18.4 miles | 14 |
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 Terreton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7703559 | 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 375441. 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.



