Heyburn Idaho Map

About Heyburn, Idaho

Heyburn is a locality in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,700. The population density is 546.9 people per km². Heyburn is located at 42.5585°N, 113.7639°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Heyburn is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 83336.

Heyburn claims a quiet expanse of the high desert, defined by the persistent, purposeful movement of the D-Fifteen Drain as it carves through the arid earth. It lies 2.2 miles northeast of Burley, ID (from Burley, ID: bearing 43°T), and is situated 6.1 miles southwest of Rupert. The horizon is dominated by the looming presence of the Rocky Mountains, which cast long, violet shadows across the flat, sage-dusted plains as the light wanes into a sharp, clear dusk. Within the immediate reach of the landscape, Lawn Park offers a modest, manicured reprieve from the sprawling, sun-bleached horizon, providing a place where the wind carries the scent of dry grass and the distant, cooling promise of the high-altitude air. The quality of light here is unforgiving and bright, bleaching the colors of the soil until they settle into muted tones of tan and gray, emphasizing the vast, open sky that presses down upon the earth.

Heyburn emerged from the necessity of harnessing the land, its history deeply tethered to the irrigation projects that turned stretches of scrub into productive agricultural fields. The economy remains anchored in the rhythm of the harvest, where the steady labor of farming defines the calendar and the character of those who reside here. While Lake Walcott sits sixteen miles away as a reservoir of irrigation and recreation, the daily life in Heyburn remains focused on the immediate, practical demands of the soil and the local industry that processes its bounty. It is a place of modest industry and endurance, where the legacy of early reclamation efforts still informs the way people move through their day, honoring a landscape that requires both patience and grit to sustain.

About This Heyburn Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Heyburn, Idaho. Coordinates: 42.55852, -113.763905. 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 Heyburn includes the ZIP code (83336), telephone area code (208), county seat of Minidoka County (Rupert), and school district assignment (Minidoka County Joint School District 331).

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.