Wendell, Idaho
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1971. It stands in the Wendell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83355. The Survey maps it on the Wendell quadrangle. 2,917 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,432 feet above sea level.
On record in Wendell
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 2 records
- James Henry and Ida Owen Mays Houselisted 1993
- West Point Grade Schoollisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresWendell grew from 2,782 to 2,917 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 | 2,782 | |
| 2020 | 2,917 | +135 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Twin Falls quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Wendell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Wendell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,630 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Twin Falls District | I 84 MM152 |
| 11 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,310 acres | Twin Falls District | NWENDELL |
| 1 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4,982 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY 46 MM 103 |
| 3 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Twin Falls District | HWY46MM4 |
| 18 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,273 acres | Twin Falls District | NORTH WENDELL |
| 10 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Twin Falls District | HWY 46 MM4 |
| 9 July 2005 | Natural | 98 acres | Twin Falls District | DUMP |
| 4 July 2008 | Fireworks | under an acre | Twin Falls District | MM 2 |
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 Wendell: 1 producer. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wendell Screening Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wendell in 6 storm reports between 2013 and 2022: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2022 | Flood | Wendell | - | The driveway was flooded and marble size hail was spotted on the patio. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Wendell | - | A trained spotter reported hail of 1.25 inches near Hagerman, ID. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendell | - | Four power line poles were reported down on a county road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wendell | - | Social and local media reported trees down and over 1000 without power. |
| August 2014 | Hail | Wendell | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Wendell | - | Local media reported penny to nickel sized hail around the Wendell, Idaho area. |
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 Wendell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1522576 | 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 398332. 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.


