Interstate 84 Traffic Counts Statistics

Idaho Facts - Mtn Home / Elmore County Area

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 December 2009 02:25 Written by Tim Bondy Sunday, 27 December 2009 02:19

Average daily Mountain Home area traffic count on Interstate 84

How many vehicles do you thinks pass by Mountain Home each day on Interstate 84? 5,000 cars and trucks? 10,000? 20,000? Maybe 50,000 vehicles a day? The answer to this question can be found by hitting the Idaho Transportation Department website.

The Answer
The answer to how many vehicles pass by Mountain Home each day on Interstate 84 is:
Exit 90: 20,000 vehicles
Exit 95: 16,000 vehicles
Exit 99: 12,500 vehicles

This means we have almost 6 MILLION cars and trucks pass by our fair city each year. For local businesses, the next question might be, "How can I get some of that traffic to veer right, get off the freeway and visit my business?"


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What Do You Drive Idaho?

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Last Updated on Sunday, 01 March 2009 09:27 Written by Tim Bondy Sunday, 01 March 2009 09:22

Top 5 Vehicles Idahoan's Drive
Chances are you are driving some kind of Ford, Chevy, Dodge or Toyota if you live in the Gem State according to the Idaho Department of Transportation. As a matter of fact there is a 70% chance that if you are reading this post you are driving one of the above makes of cars or trucks.

Here are some Idaho statistics from 2007 showing what we drive...or at least what we register at our local DMV office.

Top 10 Idaho Vehicles	Total Number
FORD	243,968
CHEVROLET	212,418
DODGE	118,301
TOYOTA	105,932
GMC	64,351
HONDA	59,992
PONTIAC	44,201
NISSAN	41,756
JEEP	36,030
SUBARU	33,831

Graphing the Idaho Vehicle Preference


I found some interesting numbers when it comes to the type of cars and trucks we buy. In 2007 there were:

• 1,025 Hummers lumbering down our roads.
• 23 Desoto's registered in Idaho.
• 22 Rolls Royce's cruising down the street while drinking champaign?
• 11 sporty Maserati's speeding past you at some time or another.

What kind of car or truck do the readers of this website drive? Leave Tim Bondy a comment and we'll all know.

Trees of Elmore County Idaho

Idaho Facts - Mtn Home / Elmore County Area

Last Updated on Sunday, 01 March 2009 09:27 Written by Tim Bondy Wednesday, 28 January 2009 14:28

Take a walk through the mountains of Elmore County! What type of trees will you find? Can you tell the difference between a Douglas Fir and a Ponderosa Pine? Have you even heard of a tree called an Engelmann Spruce?

Here is what the US Forest Service found in Elmore County when it comes to the shear number of trees in our area.

 

Tree Species	Tree Numbers
Douglas-fir	15,867,448
Ponderosa	14,310,241
True fir	22,127,135
Engelmann spruce	89,044
Lodgepole pine	2,112,845
Other	2,792,734
Cottonwood and aspen	15,943,271

 

Read About the Trees in Elmore County
Douglas Fir: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas-fir
Ponderosa Pine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponderosa_Pine
Engelmann Spruce: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelmann_spruce
Lodgepole Pine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodgepole_pine
Aspen Tree: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_tremuloides
Cottonwood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottonwood

 

Weather Statistics – Mountain Home, Idaho

Idaho Facts - Mtn Home / Elmore County Area

Last Updated on Monday, 12 January 2009 22:29 Written by Tim Bondy Monday, 12 January 2009 22:15

With the upcoming weekly forecast calling for dry conditions and no snow, I looked into what a normal year would look like in Mountain Home. It looks like we have already we have already gone over our normal 14.5 inches of snow for the season.

Raw Data for weather in Mountain Home, Idaho

MOUNTAIN HOME, IDAHO
Month in Mountain Home	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
Average Max. Temperature (F)	37.8	44.4	53.9	63.6	72.8	81.9	92.5	90.6	80.1	67.3	50.1	39.5	64.5
Average Min. Temperature (F)	19.5	23.9	28.5	34	41.2	48.2	55.1	52.5	43.5	34.6	26.6	21.1	35.7
Average Total Precipitation (in.)	1.27	0.95	1.03	0.88	0.93	0.72	0.31	0.23	0.49	0.76	1.17	1.24	9.97
Average Total SnowFall (in.)	5.4	3.3	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3.2	14.5

Graphs for Mountain Home Weather

  All data from the National Weather Servic.  Data collection period is from the years 1906 through 2007.

 

Costly Idaho Races

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Last Updated on Monday, 10 November 2008 23:04 Written by Tim Bondy Sunday, 09 November 2008 20:59

Quick Stats

So, you want to be a US Congressperson or Senator from Idaho? Better have deep pocket and rich friends. And if you really want to win that race you better outspend your opponents by a significant amount.

Here is the election spending as of approximately the middle of October 2008.

Idaho District 1 House Seat
Winner:  Democrat Walt Minnick: $2,298,776
Loser:  Republican Bill Sali : $982,442
Yearly Salary of US Congressmen: $169,300
Terms of Office: 2 Years

Idaho's US Senate Seat
Winner:  Republican Jim Risch $3,042,892
Loser:  Democrat Larry Larocco $1,324,039
Yearly Salary of US Senator $169,300
Term of Office: 6 Years

 

Idaho is a Cheesy State – The Stats

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Last Updated on Sunday, 09 November 2008 00:23 Written by Tim Bondy Sunday, 09 November 2008 00:21

Cheese Statistics - Idaho

Idaho is cheesy and so is Wisconsin and California. But it not what you think. Idaho is the third “cheesiest” state in the United States. I was surprised to find out from the Department of Agriculture that Idaho ranks 3rd in the US for the total production of cheese for September 2008.

The Idaho Cheese City?
Could Mountain Home, Idaho be considered the “Cheesehead Capitol” of Idaho? Why not! We have the Marathon Cheese factory located right here. Can you think of any other city in Idaho that has a the cheesy resources we have?

When I Think Cheese
When I think of “cheese”, I use to think of Wisconsin, Vermont, and New York cheeses. I don't think that anymore. Here are the cheese statistics.

Third Place
As you see above, Idaho ranks third in total cheese production but I wouldn't expect us to jump in the Cheese Rankings any time soon. We'll have to settle for being the third cheesiest state. But I can live with that.

 

Idaho Wildlife Recreation – The Statistics

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Last Updated on Friday, 17 October 2008 22:58 Written by Tim Bondy Friday, 17 October 2008 21:42

When I think of Idaho I think of hunting, fishering, hikeing and outdoors people. Something I never thought
of are the numerous people who head out into the mountains or desert just to view wildlife. I'm one of those
people who will take off at a moments notice and explore, hoping to see some wildlife. But how many people
in Idaho actually are “wildlife watchers”?

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service did a survey on this subject...Wildlife watcher, hunters and people
who fish for recreation purposes. And the numbers may surprise you.

Who's Who
Before you can understand the numbers you'll have to understand the categories:

• Anglers/Fishers are people who set out for the sole purpose of recreational fishing in Idaho.
• Hunters are just that...hunters who hunt for the sole purpose of recreational hunting.
• Wildlife Watchers include people who took trips or outings of at least 1 mile from their home for the primarypurpose of observing, feeding, or photographing fish and wildlife in Idaho.

How Many Participate in Idaho Wildlife Recreation?
The First Graph: this shows the total numbers of people who set out to hunt, fish or watch wildlife in Idaho.
These numbers include residents and tourist to Idaho. As you'll see, people who watch wildlife make up
almost 50% of the total numbers in Idaho. In other words the total numbers of hunters and fishers combined
almost equals the numbers of wildlife watchers.

The Second Graph (above): The numbers and graph above show a surprising fact. Hunting and fishing is becoming
less popular with time while the wildlife watching numbers have greatly increased in Idaho.

The third graph and more can be read by click "Read More" below

Read more: Idaho Wildlife Recreation – The Statistics

How Many Canadians Cross Our Border

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Last Updated on Sunday, 28 September 2008 00:52 Written by Tim Bondy Monday, 29 September 2008 17:00

I was talking to a local business owner and he said he has seen more Canadians visitors in the last 6 months than he had in the last few years combined. This got me thinking. Why are Canadians now coming to Mountain Home in bigger numbers recently. My guess is the exchange rate between the Canadian and US Dollar has made the difference.

Below you will find the statistics for all vehicle traffic entering the two Canadian ports of entry into Idaho. I also included the State of Montana number as a comparison. You'll see the number of vehicles entering Idaho from Canada has steadily increased starting in 2005.

What I didn't Know

• There are only two border crossing location into British Columbia, Canada from Idaho. These are at Porthill and Eastport Idaho. Montana has 14 border crossing location with 3 different Canadian Providences
• Idaho's border with Canada is only about 45 miles long. Montana shares a 550 mile border with Canada.
• Border crossings in the western US are predominately open during daylight hours. Border crossings from Michigan and eastward are, for the most part, open 24 hours a day.