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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.

Clark Fork within Bonner County

Population over time

2 figures

Clark 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.

YearPeople Change
2010536
2020513-23 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

62 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National Forestnot named
2 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSPRING CREEK
19 September 2011Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestJOHNSON BLUFF
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestGOAT MT.
12 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestMILE POST 58
10 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Department of LandsMOUNTAIN DEW
1 September 1996Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestEXPLODING POLE
7 August 2006Smoking2.5 acresIdaho Panhandle National ForestDERR # 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bonner County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alamo MineLead, Iron, Gold, Copper, ZincProspect
Alamo ProspectGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite
Blair and Collins LeaseSilver, Manganese, Lead, IronProspect
Blue FlameGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
Bumble Bee ProspectCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldOccurrenceVein
Clarinda Copper Mining Co.Copper, Silver, LeadProspect
Clarinda Group ProspectCopper, Lead, SilverOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cuprite, Freibergite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Clark Fork DistrictSilver, Gold, Lead, CopperProducerVEIN/FAULT ZONE, REPLACEMENT
Clark Fork DistrictSilver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1903
Eberly ProspectLead, Zinc, AntimonyOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Bonner County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2006FloodClark Fork$2,000,000Spring 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 2025FloodClark Fork$20,000East 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 2012FloodClark Fork$15,000Denton 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 2020Thunderstorm WindClark Fork-A county sheriff reported tree damage and power outages due to thunderstorm winds in Clark Fork.
December 2015FloodClark 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.

Every storm recorded in Bonner County

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Denton5.5 miles15
Cabinet6.9 miles14
East Hope9.2 miles16
Hope9.9 miles16
Glengary11.8 miles16
Trestle Creek13.3 miles14
Garfield13.7 miles16
Granite13.8 miles16

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 ForkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q990635The 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.