Ucon, Idaho
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ucon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83401. The Survey maps it on the Ucon quadrangle. 1,160 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,810 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresUcon grew from 1,108 to 1,160 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 | 1,108 | |
| 2020 | 1,160 | +52 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Ucon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Ucon quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Rigby quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Driggs quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Rexburg quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ucon between 2010 and 2013, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.1 acres | Idaho Falls District | RIVER ROAD |
| 9 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Idaho Falls District | PANORAMA |
| 1 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Idaho Falls District | YELLOW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ucon: 8 producers, 2 past producers. 8 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 | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Bonneville Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Bonneville Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Bonneville Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit, Id Hwy Dpt | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tyler Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ucon in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 2017 | Flood | Ucon | $250,000 | Extensive snow melt with warmer temperatures caused extensive sheet flooding throughout the county mainly resulting in flooded fields, damaged roadways and extensive basement flooding. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Ucon | $40,000 | Sheet flooding continued to cause road and some property damage mainly in early March due to snow melt. |
| May 2017 | Flood | Ucon | $14,000 | Minor flooding continued in May with some damage to agricultural due to field flooding and recreation facilities. Levee repair was conducted to mitigate flooding problems. |
| June 2017 | Flood | Ucon | $8,000 | Very minor flooding continue early in the month with damage to agricultural fields along with levee repair conducted. Snake River Road in the Heise area closed on the 15th due to flooding. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ucon | $500 | A 2 to 3 foot diameter tree uprooted near Ucon. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ucon | $300 | Tree downed destroying a fence along East 97th North southwest of Ucon. |
| July 2025 | Lightning | Ucon | $100 | Rocky Mountain Power reported a power outage due to lightning strike off of N 55th E near US 26 in Ucon. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Ucon | - | Nickel sized hail covered highway 20 near Ucon causing traffic to be stopped. |
| September 2000 | Hail | Ucon | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Ucon | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Ucon | - | 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 Ucon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1516554 | 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 398289. 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.






