Clearwater County, Idaho

100 topographic sheets cover 47 settlements here, and 8 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

8 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Idaho within the United States

Clearwater County within Idaho

What the record shows

516 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
8 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 4 buildings, 2 sites and 2 districts.
1 of the 8 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 48 populated places in this county; 47 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

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

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Brown's Creek CCC Camp Barracks	building	1984	84001114
Lolo Trail	site	1966	66000309
Nez Perce National Historical Park	district	1966	66000310
Orofino Historic District	district	1982	82000384
Pierce Courthouse	building	1972	72000100
US Post Office-Orofino Main	building	1989	89000133
Weippe Community Hall	building	2025	100012272
Weippe Prairie	site	1966	66000311

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

2,805 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 2,805 of them, burning about 71,946 acres. 2,241 started naturally and 38 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	2241
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	187
Debris and open burning	105
Recreation and ceremony	85
Equipment and vehicle use	76
Arson/incendiarism	38
Smoking	21
Misuse of fire by a minor	19
Fireworks	19
Power generation/transmission/distribution	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Other causes	2
Firearms and explosives use	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
11 August 2015	Natural	6,200 acres	Cottonwood Field Office	LOLO 2
11 August 2015	Natural	4,779 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	BOULDER
8 August 2003	Natural	3,509 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	HOPEFUL 2
14 August 2015	Natural	3,309 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	SNOW CREEK
4 August 2000	Natural	3,258 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	ELIZABETH
9 August 2003	Natural	2,601 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	CAYUSE LAKE
6 July 2006	Natural	2,467 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	POT MOUNTAIN WFU COMPLEX
12 August 2015	Natural	2,200 acres	Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forests	HEATHER

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

Storms, 1966 to 2026

60 of 94 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 94 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $5,298,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	39
Hail	33
Heavy Rain	9
Flood	6
Funnel Cloud	4
Flash Flood	1
Tornado	1
Debris Flow	1

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

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
March 2017	Flood	Ahsahka	$3,000,000	Abundant rain and low elevation snow melt in the upper portions of Orofino Creek near Pierce led to high stream flows on the 15th, followed by minor flooding on the 16th. Multiple homes and property were sandbagged to prevent flooding across southwest portions of the county. Jim Ford Creek flooded multiple properties in the Weippe area. Clearwater County declared a state of emergency because of all the mudslide, debris and river issues. Although the most severe flooding occurred on or near the 16th, another culvert gave way and caused Grangemont Road to shut down mile-marker 22 on March 25th lasting until April 5th. Total estimated cost of road repairs was 3 million dollars due to landslide failures.
February 2018	Heavy Rain	Greer	$1,500,000	Heavy rain lead to a fallen tree across U.S. Highway 12 near milepost 52 and subsequent car accident at 4:08 am on the 5th. One person was injured in the incident and the highway was blocked for one and a half hours.
March 2026	Flood	Ahsahka	$500,000	The most significant impact occurred south of Orofino, where a large landslide blocked US-12 between mile markers 44 and 45. The initial slide occurred around 1539MST on Friday, March 13. While crews worked to clear the route, a second slide occurred at the same location at 0920MST on Saturday, March 14. The highway remained closed in both directions until Saturday afternoon. Additional landslides and rockslides were reported on Lower Fords Creek Road, Grangemont Road, Sunnyside, and Bobbitt Bench. Heavy traffic diverted to Sunnyside Road caused that secondary route to begin failing under the saturated conditions.\|\|In Orofino, the urban drainage system reached maximum capacity and overflowed, flooding residential areas. In the Riverside area (115th Street), rushing water surrounded homes and filled basements. Significant damage occurred at the Joint School District 171 bus garage when a nearby creek (likely Flume Creek) blew out, flooding the facility. While officials successfully moved most of the fleet, one school bus and a neighboring food pantry were inundated and suffered major damage.\|\|Small streams and creeks, including Jim Fords Creek and Freeman Creek, crested their banks, threatening homes and washing out culverts. Near Weippe, a creek overflowed onto the roadway, causing significant rutting. The Clearwater River at Orofino saw a dramatic rise of over 8 feet, increasing from 5.78 feet on Thursday to a crest of 13.96 feet on Saturday nightstaying just below the 16-foot flood stage, though the high water contributed to the drainage backup in the city. Total rainfall between March 10 and 15 included 3.57 in Orofino, 4.00 in Peck, and 4.50 at the Pierce SNOTEL.
August 2014	Hail	Weippe	$104,000	A farmer reported major property and crop damage due to both large hail and wind. The property damage included 5 rental home roofs, siding from 3 homes, several windows, and 12 garage doors that either were dented or destroyed. Approximately 75% of his spring wheat crop, approximately 450 acres, was decimated by the wind and hail. In the 67 years that he has lived there, there was only one other storm that was comparable to this one. Back in 1963, a similar storm decimated his dad's crops.
May 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Orofino Arpt	$60,000	A severe weather spotter reported hearing on a scanner that trees were blown down onto Highway 12 west of Orofino from gusty winds. A newspaper article confirmed that trees and power lines were blown down onto the highway near the Riverside Motel and Stoddard Electric. Traffic was backed up from the Orofino bridge to the the intersection of 118 Street and Highway 12.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	$50,000	A Local Cooperative Observer at Headquarters, 60 miles northeast of Lewiston, reported that strong winds blew the roof off a house. The winds also blew over trees in the area.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Orofino	$20,000	A trained spotter reported damage to a boat dock and several boats at the Dworshak Reservoir. Numerous trees were also reported blown down, causing a power outage in Orofino with fire starts.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Weippe	$17,000	A farmer reported around 12 trees (pine and red fir) broke between 6 and 16 feet above the ground. A bull pine near 3 feet in diameter at the base, broke off around 6 feet from the ground and destroyed a trailer house.
December 2005	Flash Flood	Orofino	$15,000	no account filed
November 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Orofino	$10,000	Widespread power outages in the Orofino area. Trees Down near the prison, hospital and hidden valley areas. Storage building blown out on Highway 12 west of Orofino.
November 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	$10,000	Several trees down across highways 11 and 3, blocking traffic. One trailer park was being evacuated due to tree damage on residences.
April 2018	Flood	Weippe	$5,000	Very heavy rainfall with amounts ranging from 1 to 3 inches combined with snow melt over a several day period led to overland flooding with rock, mud and water along portions of Clear Creek Road, Sally Ann Road, and on State Highway 13 along the South Fork Clearwater River halfway between Stites and Harpster. Plugged culverts were common.
March 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Orofino	$4,000	Numerous pine and cedar trees were blown down by the wind in the Orofino area. The largest tree diameter was 28 inches. Many trees fell onto power lines causing highway 12 and other roads to close for up to 4 hours. Thirty percent of roof shingles were blown off.
August 2008	Hail	Orofino	$2,000	A trained spotter reported penny size hail and numerous trees and branches blown down from downtown Orofino to 5 miles northwest of Orofino.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	$1,000	One tree, possibly a yellow pine, twisted off 20 to 30 feet above the ground. A 2nd yellow pine smashed into a vacant trailer house while a 3rd yellow pine was uprooted from the high winds. The severe winds combined with large hail also peppered the sides of a few farming structures.
August 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Weippe	-	Strong winds downed trees, leading to an extended power outage in the Glenwood area.
June 2022	Hail	Weippe	-	A person on Facebook reported large hail south of Weippe.
July 2021	Debris Flow	Greer	-	By 7:10 pm PDT, the Idaho Department of Transport began to receive reports of water, rocks, and mud on US-95 between mile marker 196-204, centered on MM200. This slide briefly closed both directions of the highway.
July 2019	Hail	Weippe	-	Nickel to quarter-sized hail was reported in the town of Harpster, Idaho.
July 2019	Hail	Pierce	-	The Spot Mountain Lookout in the Bitterroot National Forest reported quarter-size hail during the morning hours of July 3rd, as a line of thunderstorms moved through the area.
June 2016	Hail	Greer	-	Spotter estimated the hailstones were up to 2.00 inches in diameter.
June 2016	Hail	Greer	-	Public estimated 1.25 inch hail with wind gusts to 25 mph.
May 2015	Hail	Headquarters	-	The public reported half dollar sized (1.25 in) hail that fell in the woods near Headquarters, ID. Pictures confirmed the size of hail.
August 2014	Hail	Greer	-	A law enforcement office reported mostly 1 hail but a few were up to half-dollar size. The hail accumulated up to 12 inches in places.
August 2014	Heavy Rain	Greer	-	A law enforcement officer estimated that between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell and caused a nearby creek to swell to 3 feet in width and a couple feet in depth.
August 2014	Heavy Rain	Headquarters	-	The COOP observer measured 1.66 inches of rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 7 am Aug. 15. Most likely this rainfall amount was associated with the supercell thunderstorm that tracked over the area.
August 2014	Hail	Weippe	-	The USDA reported that at least 400 acres of hard red spring wheat were destroyed and 700 acres were damaged. They also reported that 183.6 acres of soft wheat were destroyed and 189.2 acres were damaged. All in all, the total crop damage tallied at $425,000.
April 2012	Hail	Orofino	-	A spotter estimated 1.00 inch hail 3 miles NE of Orofino.
April 2012	Hail	Orofino	-	A spotter estimated 1.25 inch hail 5 miles NE of Orofino.
April 2012	Hail	Orofino	-	Spotter estimated quarter sized hail 2 miles NW of Orofino.
April 2012	Hail	Pierce	-	A trained spotter estimated 1.25 inch diameter hail.
June 2012	Hail	Weippe	-	A spotter measured hail of 1.75 inch diameter.
June 2012	Hail	Weippe	-	A spotter estimated hail at 1.75 inches. In addition 1.25 inches of rain fell in 1.5 hours.
April 2012	Hail	Orofino	-	A trained spotter estimated golf ball sized hail in Orofino.
June 2011	Hail	Hdqtrs Cptpa Arpt	-	Hail was estimated at 0.75 inch diameter.
October 2011	Heavy Rain	Pierce	-	The equipment at Pierce reported 0.84 inches of rain in 24 hours.
October 2011	Heavy Rain	Hdqtrs Cptpa Arpt	-	The equipment at Cool Creek reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.90 inches.
October 2011	Heavy Rain	Cardiff	-	The equipment reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.90 inches.
October 2011	Heavy Rain	Headquarters	-	The spotter at Headquarters reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 0.80 inches.
October 2011	Heavy Rain	Cardiff	-	The observation equipment at Shanghi Summit reported 1.00 inch of rainfall.
October 2011	Heavy Rain	Pierce	-	Equipment at Pierce reported 0.81 inches of rainfall and Pierce USFS ranger station reported 0.70 inch.
September 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	Numerous blow downs throughout Clearwater County. Spotter reported 18 and 20 inch diameter trees broken at the base and mid-section respectively. Power and phone service was knocked out. A 26 foot airstream trailer was moved off its jack. Fire starts from lightning were also reported from this storm.
July 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	A trained spotter reported several pine trees bent down/over with branches estimated at six inches in diameter broken off of trees from reported thunderstorm winds.
November 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greer	-	Damage to tree due to estimated 60 mph wind gust. Also heard on scanner about other damage around the area. Including trees on cars, roads and structures.
July 2008	Hail	Dent	-	Elk River recreation district reported penny sized hail.
August 2008	Hail	Orofino	-	A trained spotter reported penny size hail. The Dent, ID RAWAS observation station recorded a wind gust of 54 MPH.
August 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Orofino	-	A trained spotter reported an estimated wind gust to 60 mph from a passing thunderstorm.
June 2007	Funnel Cloud	Cardiff	-	Media reported a funnel cloud over Cardiff.
June 2007	Hail	Orofino	-	Trained spotters reported nickel and penny sized hail.
June 2007	Funnel Cloud	Orofino	-	Emergency manager relayed a live report of a funnel cloud near Orofino with thunderstorm winds up to 60 mph.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Orofino	-	Emergency manager, USFS personnel and storm spotters reported numerous large trees and limbs blown down (intermittantly) along the storm track.
June 2007	Hail	Orofino	-	Weather spotters reported penny sized hail 11 miles east of Orofino and golf ball sized hail over Cardiff.
June 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Orofino	-	Weather spotter 15 miles east of Orofino reported a brief tornado touchdown with nickel sized hail. No significant damage was observed.
June 2007	Hail	Orofino	-	Penny sized hail observed by spotter.
June 2007	Funnel Cloud	Orofino	-	Spotter reported funnel cloud with 0.75 inch diameter hail.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Orofino	-	Spotter reported numerous trees down across Highway 11 and Grangmont Road, as well as onto power lines.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Orofino	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Ahsahka	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Weippe	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Ahsahka	-	no account filed

Mines and quarries

210 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 210 workings inside this county. 17 still produce and 193 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Gold	110
Silica	13
Sand and Gravel, Construction	12
REE	8
Beryllium	6
Copper	5
Stone	5
Silver	5
Iron	4
Mica	3
Limestone, High Calcium	3
Asbestos	3
Limestone, General	3
Aggregate, Light Weight	3

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

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Black Diamond Graphite Prospect	Graphite	Occurrence
Black Dome Group	Iron, Manganese	Prospect
Boehls	Aluminum, Sodium, Silica, Calcium, Iron	Prospect	1951
Bull Moose Placer	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Aluminum	Producer
Bungalow	Gold, Molybdenum, Tin, Tungsten	Occurrence
Cedar Creek Placer Deposit	Titanium, REE	Past Producer	1956
Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry	Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure	Past Producer	Limestone
Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry	Marble, Dimension, Limestone, General	Past Producer	Metamorphic
Clearwater Lime Products Co. Quarry	Limestone, Ultra Pure, Limestone, General	Past Producer	Limestone
Dead Wood Creek Placer	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Doe Creek Prospect	Silver, Lead	Occurrence	Vein
Driessel Property	Sulfur	Unknown
Elizabeth Creek	Cobalt, Copper	Occurrence
Gold Hunter Prospect	Lead, Gold, Zinc	Occurrence
Gueda Deposit	Sapphire	Prospect
Hemler Prospect	Tungsten	Occurrence	Scheelite
Herb Olson Prospect	Titanium, Thorium, REE	Unknown
Hoodoo Pass Area	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Occurrence
Ida-Ski	Fluorine-Fluorite, Semiprecious Gemstone	Prospect
Lolo Copper Prospect	Gold, Copper, Molybdenum	Occurrence	Vein
Lucky Bell Mining Group	REE, Titanium, Iron, Garnet, Zirconium	Unknown
Lucky Deadwood	REE, Iron, Garnet, Zirconium, Titanium	Prospect
Meadow Creek Placer	Gold, Nickel, Copper, Cobalt	Past Producer	Placer
Molybdenum Prospects	Molybdenum	Prospect
Moose Creek Deposit # 1	REE, Titanium, Iron, Gold, Garnet, Zirconium	Prospect
Musselshell Creek Placer	Gold, REE, Thorium, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet	Past Producer	Placer
Musselshell Pit	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
Myers Mica Mine	Mica, PGE, Molybdenum	Unknown
New Democrat Mine	Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Unknown
North Fork Galena Occurrence	Lead	Occurrence	1958
North Fork, Clearwater River	Gold, Platinum	Producer	Stream Placer
Old Jackson Tunnel Prospect	Zinc	Occurrence	Vein
Orofino	Calcium	Occurrence
Pierce City District	Gold, Mercury, Titanium, Iron, Platinum	Producer	1860
R W Beck Deposit	Clay	Unknown
Sewell Lime Company Quarry	Limestone, General, Limestone, High Calcium	Past Producer
Snake Creek Placer	Gold, Kyanite, Garnet	Past Producer	Placer
Southeast Blacklead Mountain Pros.	Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Mill Concentrate	Prospect
Teakean Butte Occurrence	Gold, Iron, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Garnet	Occurrence	Placer
Victoria Prospect	Zinc, Lead, Silver	Occurrence	Vein
Weippe Iron Deposit	Iron, Gold	Occurrence	Sedimentary
Blacklead Iron Prospect	Iron, Copper	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Blacklead Mountain Prospects	Gold, Iron, Copper	Prospect
Browns Placer	Thorium	Unknown
Cavendish Summit	REE, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Garnet	Occurrence
Cranberry Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Cw-69s Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Unknown
Elk River Clay Deposit	Kaolin	Occurrence	Clay, Kaolinite
Ferry Creek Quarry	Cesium	Past Producer
Fords Creek Pit	Stone, Dimension	Unknown
Freeman Creek Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Jim Brown Creek	REE, Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Garnet	Unknown
Moose Mountain Prospect	Mercury	Occurrence	Cinnabar
Musselshell Placer	Gold, REE, Thorium	Past Producer	Placer
Musselshell Placers	Thorium, Gold	Prospect
Name Unknown	Mercury	Occurrence	Placer
North Fork Kyanite Occurrence	Kyanite	Occurrence	1958
Orogrande Quarry	Cesium	Past Producer
Ruby Creek Mine	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	Anglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyromorphite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Ruby Creek Prospect	Zinc, Lead, Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Smith Ridge Clay	Kaolin	Unknown
Smith Ridge Kyanite Deposit	Kyanite	Occurrence	Contact Metamorphic
Big Creek Limestone Occurrence	Limestone, General	Occurrence	Limestone
Bobs Creek Mica Occurrence	Mica	Occurrence
Clearwater	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Olson Asbestos	Asbestos	Unknown
Orofino	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Orofino Creek Anthophyllite Occurrence	Asbestos	Occurrence	Metamorphic
Orofino Quarries No. 1 and No. 2	Limestone, High Calcium	Past Producer	Limestone
Orofino Quarry No. 3	Limestone, High Calcium	Past Producer	Limestone
Partridge Creek Prospect	Mica	Occurrence	1925
Rock Quarry Crooked Fork	Aggregate, Light Weight	Past Producer
Rock Quarry Kelly Forks Station	Aggregate, Light Weight	Past Producer
Rock Quarry Moodoo Pass	Aggregate, Light Weight	Past Producer
South Orofino Quarry	Limestone, High Calcium	Past Producer	Limestone
Teakean Asbestos Prospect	Asbestos	Occurrence	Anthophyllite
Bear Butte Iron Prospect	Iron	Occurrence
Bear Creek Placers	Gold, Iron	Occurrence
Ericksen Deposit	Iron	Unknown
American Placer	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Cow Creek Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Dewey	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Dundas Prospect	Copper, Gold	Occurrence	Vein
Dworshak Dam Stone	Stone	Past Producer	Metamorphic
Headquarters Pit	Stone	Producer
Mayfield Claims	Gold, Copper	Occurrence
Moose City Vicinity	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Old Camp-Y-Pit	Stone	Producer
Oxford Prospect	Copper	Occurrence	Vein
Pit No. 1	Stone	Past Producer
Santiago Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Woodchuck Placer	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Allgood Prospect	Beryllium	Occurrence	Aquamarine
Heywood Creek Occurrence	Beryllium	Occurrence	Beryl
New Occurrence	Beryllium	Unknown
Pierce Divide Occurrence	Beryllium	Occurrence	Beryl
Placer Creek Beryl Occurrence	Beryllium	Occurrence	Vein
Stocking Meadows Occurrence	Beryllium	Occurrence	Beryl
B and B Prospect	Gold, REE	Occurrence
Craig Black Sands	REE	Unknown
Minnie Mae Claim	Gold, REE	Occurrence
Cavendish Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Cummings	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Birch Mountain Silica Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Quartz
Cedar Camp Area	Silica	Unknown
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sand Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sand
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sand Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sand
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sandstone
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sandstone
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sandstone
Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sandstone
Fly Hill Silica	Silica	Occurrence
Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence	Silica	Occurrence	Sandstone
Luckyann/Lucky Jo Claims	Gold, Silica	Occurrence
Reeds Creek	Silica	Prospect
Whitelead Claims	Gold, Silica	Occurrence
Ables Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Ann Dee Prospect	Gold	Occurrence
Armstrong Gulch Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Bear Waller	Gold	Occurrence
Bedrock Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Boggs Gulch Placers	Gold	Unknown
Boise Quartz	Gold	Unknown
Bole Property Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Bond Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
C.A.O. Claims	Gold	Occurrence
Canal Gulch Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	1860
Cayuse Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Chamberlain Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Clearwater Gulch Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Clearwater River N. Fk At Fix Creek Placer	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Clearwater River Placers N. Fk.	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Cow Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Crystal Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Dream Gulch	Gold	Unknown
Driessel Prospect	Gold	Occurrence
Dutchman Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
East Saddle Claims	Gold	Occurrence
Elk Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Emma Claim	Gold	Occurrence
Fetch Claims	Gold	Occurrence
Fisher Quartz	Gold	Unknown
Fourth of July Creek	Gold	Occurrence
French Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Gaffney Placer	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Galena Claim	Gold	Occurrence
Gold Chasers	Gold	Unknown
Gold Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Hanson Ridge Structure	Gold	Occurrence
Harbison and Buob Placers	Gold	Unknown
Hemlock Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Hidden Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Howard Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Independence Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Irish Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Jericho Mine	Gold	Past Producer	1899
Kelly Creek Lower	Gold	Prospect
Kelly Creek Upper	Gold	Occurrence
Last Show Placer	Gold	Unknown
Lilly Placer Patents	Gold	Occurrence
Little Beaver Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Little Moose Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Lolo Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Lolo Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Long Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Lost Cabin Claims	Gold	Prospect
Lunde/Toboggan Ridges	Gold	Occurrence
Magary Camp Area	Gold	Occurrence
Marten Hill Prospect	Gold	Occurrence
May Creek	Gold	Unknown
Meadows Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Mica Group	Gold	Occurrence
Mink Creek Prospect	Gold	Occurrence
Missouri Rost Placers	Gold	Unknown
Moose Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Moscor Bar Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Oro-Fino Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Orofino Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	1857
Orogrande Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Osier Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Ozark Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Pioneer Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Poorman's Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Quartz Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Red Lead Claims	Gold	Occurrence
Reeds Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Rhodes Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Rhodes Peak Graben	Gold	Prospect
Ruby Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Sailor Gulch Patent	Gold	Past Producer
Shanghai Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Slide Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Sweet Mine	Gold	Unknown
Upper Osier Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Venus Quartz	Gold	Unknown
Vi-Vi Placers	Gold	Unknown
Weitas Area	Gold	Occurrence
White Bear Prospect	Gold	Occurrence
White Rock Claims	Gold	Occurrence
Wild Rose Mine	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

Every populated place in the county

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.

Ahsahka

Nez Perce census division · 83544 · On North Fork Clearwater River · Ahsahka quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Best Corner

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · Dent quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Bingo Creek Landing

Pierce-Headquarters census division · On Bingo Creek · Thompson Point quadrangle

10 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Blake

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · On Whiskey Creek · Orofino East quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Boehls

Elk River census division · On Breakfast Creek · Township Butte quadrangle

15 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Bruce Eddy

Nez Perce census division · 83544 · Ahsahka quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Brunning

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · Orofino East quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Cardiff

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83546 · On Little Beaver Creek · Jaype quadrangle

14 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Cardiff Mill

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83546 · Near Mutton Gulch · Pierce quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Cavendish

Elk River census division · 83537 · Southwick quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1990
Cayuse Junction

Pierce-Headquarters census division · On Moss Creek · Cayuse Junction quadrangle

13 sheets, 1911 to 1994
Cooper

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · On Meadow Creek · Rudo quadrangle

11 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Cow Creek

Pierce-Headquarters census division · On Cow Creek · Weippe North quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Cully Moores

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · Whiskey Butte quadrangle

14 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Dent

Elk River census division · 83544 · On Ove Creek · Dent quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Elk River

Elk River census division · 83827 · On Partridge Creek · Elk River quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Five Corners

Elk River census division · 83544 · Elk Creek Falls quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Fraser

Nez Perce census division · 83544 · Orofino East quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Greer

Nez Perce census division · 83544 · On Big Creek · Orofino East quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Haley

Pierce-Headquarters census division · On Olson Creek · Weippe North quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Hansberg

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · On Falls Creek · Dent quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Headquarters

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83546 · On Fohl Creek · Headquarters quadrangle

14 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Hollywood

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83546 · On Trail Creek · Jaype quadrangle

14 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Isabella Landing

Pierce-Headquarters census division · On Isabella Creek · Thompson Point quadrangle

10 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Jacobson

Weippe census division · 83553 · On Heywood Creek · Weippe South quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Jaype

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83546 · On Trail Creek · Jaype quadrangle

14 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Johnson

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · Grangemont quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Johnson

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · Grangemont quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Johnsons Mill

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83553 · On Space Creek · Weippe North quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Judge Town

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83546 · On Hildebrand Creek · Pierce quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Kameron

Elk River census division · On Seastem Creek · McGary Butte quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Konkolville

Nez Perce census division · 83544 · On Deer Creek · Orofino East quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Moose City

Pierce-Headquarters census division · Near Sailor Gulch · Osier Ridge quadrangle

12 sheets, 1911 to 1994
Musselshell

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83553 · On Musselshell Meadows · Musselshell quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Neva

Elk River census division · On West Fork Cameron Creek · McGary Butte quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Omill

Pierce-Headquarters census division · On Olson Creek · Weippe North quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Oro Fino

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83546 · On Hildebrand Creek · Pierce quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994

No longer a settlement
Orofino

Nez Perce census division · 83544 · On Orofino Creek · Orofino West quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Peck

Peck quadrangle

8 sheets, 1924 to 1981
Peterson Corners

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83553 · On Swede Creek · Pierce quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Pierce

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83546 · Near Canal Gulch · Pierce quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Poorman

Pierce-Headquarters census division · On Poorman Creek · Whiskey Butte quadrangle

14 sheets, 1923 to 1994
Riverside

Nez Perce census division · 83544 · Orofino West quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Rudo

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · On Rudo Creek · Rudo quadrangle

11 sheets, 1924 to 1994
Slocum

Pierce-Headquarters census division · 83544 · Grangemont quadrangle

11 sheets, 1955 to 1994
Teakean

Nez Perce census division · 83541 · Southwick quadrangle

10 sheets, 1955 to 1990
The Cedars

Pierce-Headquarters census division · On Long Creek · Osier Ridge quadrangle

12 sheets, 1911 to 1994
Weippe

Weippe census division · 83553 · On Grasshopper Creek · Weippe North quadrangle

10 sheets, 1924 to 1994

The vanished settlements of Clearwater 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.