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Clark County, Idaho

24 topographic sheets cover 14 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

3 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Idaho within the United States
Clark County within Idaho

What the record shows

  • 116 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 site.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 14 populated places in this county; 14 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

3

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Camas Meadow Camp and Battle Sitessite198989001081
Spencer Rock Housebuilding198989001991
St. James' Episcopal Mission Churchbuilding199393000387

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

187 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 187 of them, burning about 78,208 acres. 84 started naturally and 1 was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Natural84
Recreation and ceremony33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking11
Debris and open burning11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 August 2003Natural37,842 acresIdaho Falls DistrictDEEP
12 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined12,572 acresIdaho Falls DistrictINDIAN BUTTE
6 September 2006Natural9,677 acresIdaho Falls DistrictSNOWSHOE
14 August 2003Natural4,612 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestWINSLOW / IDAHO
18 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,039 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCATCH 22
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,800 acresIdaho Falls DistrictRADAR HILL
2 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution1,652 acresIdaho Falls DistrictNEZ PERCE TRAIL
29 September 2008Natural1,646 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestTIMBER WFU

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1956 to 2026

60 of 79 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 79 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $823,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind46
Hail10
Flood7
Tornado6
Wildfire4
Heavy Rain2
Flash Flood2
Funnel Cloud2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2018FloodKilgore$680,000Snow melt began in earnest with warmer temperatures combined with periods of heavy rain in the latter half of March. This caused extensive sheet flooding in Clark County to the extent that the governor declared it a state of Idaho disaster area. Several county roads received extensive damage and were washed away. 1 home in the Medicine Lodge area flooded completely along with hay bail damage and crop damage. The Birch Creek Campground also had extensive damage with several campgrounds along the birch Creek washed away. The county placed damage estimates close to 700 thousand dollars.
February 2017FloodSpencer$67,000Some minor flooding and road damage occurred from a combination of snow melt with the extensive warmup during the month.
August 2003WildfireDubois$25,000no account filed
March 1991Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 2017FloodSpencer$10,000Minor sheet flooding from snow melt continued in March but effects were minimal and mainly limited to road damage and some field flooding.
June 1995HailPort of Entry$5,000no account filed
June 1995Tornado (F0)not stated$5,000no account filed
December 2025FloodSmall$3,000Medicine Lodge Creed near Small went into flood stage around 950 PM on the 24th and reached an all time record at 1230 AM on the 25th and didn't drop below flood stage until 545 AM on the 25th. Two road washouts occurred. One was near the convergence of Medicine Lodge and Middle Creeks. The second was a mile further into the canyon where the Medicine Lodge Creek was flowing over the road. Four to five families were affected by the washouts. Twelve hour rainfall amounts ranged in the 1 to 2 inch range in the flood area. The highest amount was 1.81 inches 9 miles northwest of Small. The flooding area was 3 to 10 miles northwest of Small.
June 1997Tornado (F0)Dubois$3,000A tornado briefly touched down taking shingles off a home and destroying a 24X30' shed. The tornado was observed by two people; one in the home damaged with another about 1/2 mile to the southeast.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindSmall-The Medicine Lodge mesonet site recorded a 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSmall-Medicine Lodge mesonet recorded a 70 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSmall-Medicine Lodge mesonet site PC371 recorded 70 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSmall-Medicine Lodge mesonet site recorded a 67 mph wind gust.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 68 mph wind gust measured at the mesonet station Reno Gulch.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSmall-A 58 mph wind gust recorded at the Medicine Lodge mesonet site.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSpencer-A 60 mph thunderstorm outflow measured at the Blue Dome mesonet site.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 58 mph wind gust measured at the Blue Dome mesonet site.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSmall-The Medicine Lodge mesonet site recorded a 65 mph wind gust.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSmall-The Medicine Lodge mesonet station recorded a thunderstorm outflow wind gust of 65 mph.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindSmall-A 58 mph thunderstorm wind gust measured at Medicine Lodge mesonet site.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindDubois-The Dubois mesonet site measured a 62 mph thunderstorm outflow wind.
September 2025Thunderstorm WindDubois-PACIFICORP station PC374 Reno Gulch measured a 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSmall-A 60 mph wind gust measured at BLU Blue Dome site.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 61 mph wind gust measured at Reno Gulch mesonet site.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindSmall-A 58 mph microburst occurred at Medicine Lodge mesonet station.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at Blue Dome.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSmall-A 60 mph thunderstorm outflow was recorded at Medicine Lodge.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at Monida Pass on interstate 15.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSmall-A 62 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at Medicine Lodge.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindSmall-A 58 mph wind gust measured at Medicine Lodge PC371.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSmall-Mesonet site Medicine Lodge recorded a 60 mph thunderstorm outflow wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSmall-A wind gust of 62 mph measured at Medicine Lodge.
June 2023Funnel CloudDubois-Funnel cloud photographed in Dubois.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSmall-The Medicine Lodge mesonet site measured a 79 mph wind gust.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 78 mph wind gust measured at Reno gulch Pacific Corp mesonet site.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSmall-A 61 mph wind gust at Medicine Lodge.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDubois-Private weather station measured a 62 mph wind gust in Dubois at the intersection of Main St and Oakley Ave.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindHumphrey-A thunderstorm outflow wind gust of 63 mph was measured at the Monida Pass ITD mesonet site.
June 2022Funnel CloudDubois-A funnel cloud photographed near Dubois.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSpencer-A 64 mph wind gust was measured at the China Point ITD site.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 70 mph wind gust was measured at the Dubois ARL site.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 57 mph wind gust measured at the Blue Dome Mesonet site.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindDubois-An 83 mph wind gust measured at the Camas ITD site.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindDubois-The Camas site recorded a 63 mph wind gust.
January 2017FloodSmall-Ice Jam on Birch Creek caused high water over Hwy 28 near Lone Pine on the border of Lemhi and Clark counties.
August 2014Heavy RainDubois-Clark County was declared a natural disaster area by the USDA due to barley crop loss in August from heavy rains. Eastern Idaho lost about 64 million dollars of barley crops due to the rains with a portion of that occurring in Clark County.
August 2014HailSpencer-One inch hail reported in Spencer.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 63 mph wind gust was measured at Blue Dome.
September 2013Tornado (EF0)Dubois-A COOP observer witnessed a tornado with debris being lifted about 5 miles east-southeast of Dubois. Tornado was in open area with no damage occurring and path unknown.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindDubois-A thunderstorm wind gust of 68 mph was measured at the Dubois ARL site.
July 2013Flash FloodSpencer-Heavy rain in thunderstorms caused flooding of one house south of Spencer.
March 2012FloodDubois-Localized flooding occurred in Dubois from March 10th through the 17th caused by melting snow on frozen ground as well as ice jams in Beavercreek. Local flooding of streets occurred as well as some water in basements but substantial property damage was avoided.
May 2011FloodKilgore-Flooding of pasture and agricultural fields occurred. Some roads in the Kilgore area were flooded and several roads werre raised to avoid the flood waters.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindDubois-Sixty mph winds were measured at the Dubois Mesonet site.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Dubois-Tornado in open sagebrush area. No damage noted.
July 2001Flash FloodSpencer-Localized flooding occurred from 1.5 to 2.0 inches of rain in 2 hours in the northern portions of the town of Spencer.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindSmall-no account filed
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDubois-no account filed
August 2005HailDubois-no account filed
August 2005HailDubois-no account filed

Mines and quarries

103 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 103 workings inside this county. 17 still produce and 86 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction51
Phosphorus-Phosphates10
Lead7
Uranium6
Silver5
Limestone, General4
Copper3
Geothermal3
Vanadium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite2
Iron2
Silver, Lead2
Bentonite2
Silver, Gold2
Gold2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bare and ChastaineCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Beaverhead Claims No.1,2,3,&4Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincUnknown
Birch CreekSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincUnknown
Birch Creek DistrictSilver, Zinc, Copper, LeadProducerREPLACEMENT
Carrot Ridge Area Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, VanadiumProspect
Lidy Hot Springs OccurrenceUranium, ThoriumOccurrence
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Lone Pine GroupAntimony, Silver, GoldProspect
Opal Mountain MineGemstonePast Producer
ProspectClayOccurrence
Sagebrush ProspectLead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Scott MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer1885, 1888
South Slope Taylor Creek Phosphate DepositUranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, VanadiumOccurrence
Spencer Opal MineSemiprecious GemstoneProducer
Swan ButtePumiceUnknown
Troublesome Ridge Phosphate DepositFluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, VanadiumOccurrence
Bald Mountain Phosphate DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Bentonite OccurrenceBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Bentonite OccurrenceBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Bentonite OccurrenceStone, DimensionUnknown
Birch CreekIronPast Producer
Centennial Phosphate MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1956
First Discovery ClaimUranium, Silver, LeadProspect
Fritz CreekStone, DimensionPast Producer
Heart Creek AditGold, SilverProspect
KilgoreGoldProspect
Peterson MineIronPast Producer1925
Weimer MineCopper, Silver, Gold, LeadPast Producer1885, 1890
Lidy Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
Pocahontas ClaimsCopperPast Producer
Thermal SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed Warm SpringGeothermalOccurrence
Fritz Creek Travertine MineLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerCalcite, Travertine
Lidy Hot Springs LimestoneLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Montana Travertine CompanyLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
White RockLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Canyon WestSilverProspect
Hill No. 3 ProspectLead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Rainbow HillLead, SilverProspect
ElkhornUraniumOccurrence
Iron Blowout ProspectUraniumUnknown
Long CanyonUraniumUnknown
Myers Creek Area-Elkhorn GroupUraniumOccurrence
Bald Mountain Gulch ProspectLeadProspect
Worthing ProspectLeadProspectGalena
Blue DomePhosphorus-PhosphatesProspect
East Dry Creek Phosphate MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Taylor Creek AreaPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Taylor Creek AreaPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Taylor Creek Phosphate MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Unnamed Phosphate MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Unnamed Phosphate MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
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Every populated place in the county

14

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Clark County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.