Minidoka Idaho Map

About Minidoka, Idaho

Minidoka is a locality in Minidoka County, Idaho, United States. It is a small community with a population of 86. The population density is 316.2 people per km². Minidoka is located at 42.7538°N, 113.4903°W. It observes the Mountain Time (America/Boise) timezone. Minidoka is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 83350, 83343.

Minidoka endures as a patch of high-desert stillness where the horizon stretches flat and wide, defined by the muted, dusty greens of sagebrush and the insistent, dry clarity of the Idaho light. It lies 21.5 miles northeast of Burley, ID (from Burley, ID: bearing 45°T), and is situated 13.3 miles northeast of Rupert. The earth here is porous and ancient, a landscape of basalt and silt that holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent toward the distant East Hills. Only a mile away, B Main Drain cuts a narrow, purposeful path through the fields, a quiet artery of water that sustains the thirsty soil. Five miles to the north, the waters of Lake Walcott shimmer with a pale, metallic intensity, acting as a cool respite in an expanse otherwise defined by the relentless, sun-bleached patience of the plains.

History remains embedded in the soil of Minidoka, where the memory of labor and the persistence of agricultural cycles shape the rhythm of the days. The Sikes Act Wildlife Habitat Area occupies the immediate surroundings, offering a sanctuary for native grasses and the birds that navigate the open sky above the irrigation ditches and potato furrows. Local life revolves around the steady demands of the harvest and the maintenance of the infrastructure that keeps this arid country productive, a quiet economy built on the strength of the land. There is a profound, unadorned beauty in the way the shadows lengthen across the irrigation lines at dusk, turning the gray-brown earth into a study of form and silence that feels both enduring and remarkably singular.

About This Minidoka Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Minidoka, Idaho. Coordinates: 42.753797, -113.490283. 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 Minidoka includes the ZIP code (83350, 83343), 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.