Clark Fork, Idaho
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Clark Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83811. It stands on Mosquito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clark Fork quadrangle. 513 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,100 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresClark Fork fell from 536 to 513 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 536 | |
| 2020 | 513 | -23 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Clark Fork quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Clark Fork quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Clark Fork quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Clark Fork between 1992 and 2019, burning about 89 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SPRING CREEK |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | JOHNSON BLUFF |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | GOAT MT. |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MILE POST 58 |
| 10 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MOUNTAIN DEW |
| 1 September 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | EXPLODING POLE |
| 7 August 2006 | Smoking | 2.5 acres | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DERR # 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Clark Fork: 26 occurrences, 18 past producers, 15 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Lead, Silver, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Mine | Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Alamo Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite | |
| Blair and Collins Lease | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Blue Flame | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Bumble Bee Prospect | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Clarinda Copper Mining Co. | Copper, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Clarinda Group Prospect | Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Freibergite, Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| Clark Fork District | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper | Producer | VEIN/FAULT ZONE, REPLACEMENT | |
| Clark Fork District | Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Eberly Prospect | Lead, Zinc, Antimony | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clark Fork in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Flood | Clark Fork | $2,000,000 | Spring Creek Road leading into Clark Fork washed out near the confluence of Lightning and Spring Creeks. 100 to 150 homes and residents near Clark Fork, Idaho were stranded after two roads were washed out. In the Lightning Creek drainage, washouts were up to 700 feet long and 15 feet deep. A debris jam was also observed just west of Lightning Creek. The creek carried large cedars and cottonwoods that fell from mountainsides upstream. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Clark Fork | $20,000 | East Spring Creek Road washed out along Spring Creek. Road washed out on Lightning Creek Road. Between 300 to 400 residents sheltering in place above Clark Fork as they are trapped due to the road closure. Damage cost is estimated. |
| June 2012 | Flood | Clark Fork | $15,000 | Denton Road was partially washed out by Riser Creek. The cost to repair the washout was estimated at $15,000. Other minor flooding was reported along Riser Creek, Strong Creek, and Lightning Creek in the area. Portions of East Spring Creek Road were underwater due to flooding from Lightning Creek. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Clark Fork | - | A county sheriff reported tree damage and power outages due to thunderstorm winds in Clark Fork. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Clark Fork | - | A member of the public near Clark Fork, Idaho reported that Lightning creek is at bank-full with a video posted to social media. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Clark Fork | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q990635 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396290. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







