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About Fairfield
Fairfield is a city in Camas County, where it is the county seat. About 484 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 5,100 feet, 57 miles north of Twin Falls in a straight line.
Places listed for this area include the Mormon Reservoir and Lower Smoky Dome Lake.
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Cost of living
Fairfield is outside the Idaho metros with a 2024 federal price figure, so this uses the Idaho statewide level. A basket that costs $100 in the U.S. costs $95.49 here, under the U.S. average by 4.5%.
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- Public schools2 public schools
- DMV and utilitiesCounty offices, and gas service only where a utility names this town
- Local services1 local business
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Public schools in Fairfield
All 2District, enrollment, and students per teacher from the federal 2024-25 directory. No ratings.
- Camas County Elem/jr High School
Camas County District · PK-8
105 students · 10.5 students per teacher
- Camas County High School
Camas County District · 9-12
45 students · 9 students per teacher
Services for Fairfield
All servicesDMV counters are the county offices. A gas utility appears only when its public list names Fairfield.
- Fairfield · Driver's licenses
119 Willow Ave W Fairfield, ID 83327
· Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Fairfield · Vehicles
517 Soldier Rd Fairfield, ID 83327-0430 PO Box 430
· Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
No natural gas utility on the official town lists names Fairfield.
Allergy ratings in Fairfield
What a typical year looks like: Low, Moderate or High for each pollen season, plus wildfire smoke. Typical, general guidance. It is not medical advice. Pollen and smoke change with the weather every year, and what bothers you depends on what you are allergic to. See an allergist for testing.
Spring trees
March to June
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in AprilEarly-summer grass
Late May to July
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Late May to early JulyFall weeds and sagebrush
August to October
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in SeptemberWildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 4.2 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 10 (2021).
Regional rating. Fairfield has no pollen counter. These pollen ratings come from the Twin Falls station in the Magic Valley, 57 miles away.
How these ratings are worked out
Pollen is rated on the National Allergy Bureau bands for the grains of pollen in a cubic meter of air. Trees: Low under 15, Moderate 15 to 89, High 90 to 1,499. Weeds: Low under 10, Moderate 10 to 49, High 50 to 499. Grass: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199. The band is the one reached on the busiest quarter of counted days. A rating is typical, not a forecast: one wet or windy year can move it.
Spring trees, Moderate. Twin Falls NAB station, 757 counted days in 2003 to 2024: on the busiest quarter of days the tree count was 54 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call Moderate. On the busiest tenth of days it was 125 or more.
Early-summer grass, High. No grass counts are published for Twin Falls. The Treasure Valley figure is used: the same Snake River Plain, and Twin Falls tree and weed counts match Boise's pattern. The NAB grass bands: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199, Very High 200 or more grains per cubic meter.
Fall weeds and sagebrush, High. Twin Falls NAB station, 536 counted days in 2004 to 2023: on the busiest quarter of days the weed count was 71 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call High. On the busiest tenth of days it was 114 or more.
Wildfire smoke, Moderate. The average number of days a year the EPA's air quality index passed 100 ("unhealthy for sensitive groups" or worse), 2021-2025. Under 3 days is Low, 3 to 9 Moderate, 10 or more High. That grouping is ours, not the EPA's. Camas County has no EPA monitor, so this uses Blaine County, 30 miles away. The count includes any cause, but across Idaho's monitors 86% of those days fell in July to September and 94% were fine particles (PM2.5), which is what wildfire smoke is made of (570 county-days, 2021-2025).
Not rated. Mold: no published mold spore counts for Idaho towns are in the data used, so there is no mold rating. House dust, pets and food allergies are outside this rating.
Sources
- National Allergy Bureau daily pollen counts, CDC release 2003 to 2024 (Boise, Twin Falls, Coeur d'Alene stations)
- NAB pollen level bands (grains per cubic meter)
- The Allergy Group, Boise: Southwest Idaho pollen seasons (clinic counts since 1971)
- EPA AirData: annual AQI by county
Today
Pollen data through 2003-2024, smoke data 2021-2025. Checked 2026-10-03.
Map of Fairfield
Parks, trails and things to do
All of IdahoPlaces in and around Fairfield, nearest first: everything tied to Fairfield plus anything within 15 miles of town.
Things to do
Hot springs
- Elk Creek Hot Springhot spring9.8 mi
- Worswick Hot Springshot spring15 mi
- Preis Hot Springhot spring16 mi
- Lightfoot Hot Springshot spring20 mi
- Skillern Hot Springshot spring21 mi
- Bumgartner Hot Springhot spring23 mi
Lakes
- Mormon Reservoirlake5.6 mi
- 13 mi
- 13 mi
- 14 mi
- 14 mi
- 15 mi
- 17 mi
- 18 mi
- Heart Lakelake19 mi
Peaks
- Smoky Domepeak12 mi
- Boardman Peakpeak15 mi
Ski areas
- Soldier Mountain Ski Areaski area10 mi
Parks
- Gooding City of Rocksrecreation area · near Gooding14 mi
- Deer Creek Wilderness Study Areanature reserve14 mi
- Black Canyon Wilderness Study Area (#2)nature reserve · near Gooding14 mi
- Gooding City of Rocks East Wilderness Study Areanature reserve15 mi
- Little City of Rocks Wilderness Study Areanature reserve · near Gooding15 mi
- Gooding City of Rocks West Wilderness Study Areanature reserve15 mi
Trails (nearest 12 of 54)
- Free Gold Creek Trail3.5 mi long8.2 mi
- Phillips Creek1.4 mi long8.5 mi
- Bridge Creek2.2 mi long · easy bike trail9.6 mi
- Boa0.8 mi long · intermediate bike trail9.7 mi
- Sawmill West Jeep Trail1.2 mi long9.7 mi
- Front Trail East8.9 mi long9.8 mi
- Hand Cut0.4 mi long · difficult bike trail9.9 mi
- Black Flag1.4 mi long · very difficult bike trail9.9 mi
- Monumental1.6 mi long · intermediate bike trail10 mi
- Wood Gulch Jeep Trail2 mi long11 mi
- North Fork Soldier5.3 mi long11 mi
- Camp Creek Jeep Trail1.7 mi long11 mi
Distances are straight-line miles. From state and federal agency pages, the USGS place names list and OpenStreetMap contributors. Checked October 2, 2026. Check the official page for hours, fees and closures before you go.
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