Arimo Idaho Map

About Arimo, Idaho

Arimo is a locality in Bannock County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 354. The population density is 303.7 people per km². Arimo is located at 42.5599°N, 112.1714°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Arimo is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83214.

Arimo holds a quiet stillness within the high, arid basin where the light at dusk turns the dry grasses into a shimmering expanse of pale gold. It lies 25.6 miles south-southeast of Pocatello, ID (from Pocatello, ID: bearing 147°T), and is situated 29.1 miles south-southeast of Chubbuck. The land around Arimo stretches out in broad, open reaches, defined by the stark silhouette of Cedar Mountain rising seven miles to the west and the deep, shadowed creases of Rough Canyon defining the terrain two miles away. Marsh Creek cuts a thin, winding path through the soil just a mile from the center, providing a modest ribbon of moisture that sustains the fringe of green against the encroaching sagebrush. The air here carries a crisp, thin quality, sharp enough to define the edges of the horizon, where the earth seems to exhale the day’s heat into the cooling violet of the evening sky.

Agriculture forms the pulse of Arimo, as the history of the settlement is written in the furrows of local fields and the persistent labor required to coax harvest from the high-altitude plains. Beyond the immediate reach of the farms, the Carriboo Conservancy offers a vast, protected expanse six miles away, preserving the rugged character of the landscape that early settlers first encountered when they moved into the region. While the nearest water of any size remains at Horse Lake, twenty-four miles distant, the people here have long looked to their own immediate soil and the changing seasons for their livelihood. Life in Arimo maintains a deliberate pace, governed by the cycles of the earth and the communal endurance of those who have made their homes in the shadow of the wide Idaho sky.

About This Arimo Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arimo, Idaho. Coordinates: 42.559917, -112.171354. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Arimo includes the ZIP code (83214), telephone area code (208), county seat of Bannock County (Pocatello), and school district assignment (Marsh Valley Joint School District 21).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.