Dubois, Idaho
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Clark census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83423. The Survey maps it on the Dubois quadrangle. 511 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 5,148 feet above sea level.
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On record in Dubois
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
St. James' Episcopal Mission Churchlisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresDubois fell from 677 to 511 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 | 677 | |
| 2020 | 511 | -166 (-25%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Dubois NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Dubois between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,851 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | BEN |
| 5 August 2007 | Natural | 5.1 acres | Idaho Falls District | BEAVER CREEK |
| 3 August 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Falls District | JONES XING |
| 25 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clark County | CLARK COUNTY ASSIST 1 |
| 23 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 827 acres | Idaho Falls District | TIM |
| 2 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,652 acres | Idaho Falls District | NEZ PERCE TRAIL |
| 18 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,039 acres | Idaho Falls District | CATCH 22 |
| 17 August 2018 | Natural | 20 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SHEEP 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Dubois: 13 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
34 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dubois in 34 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 20 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 3 tornado, 2 wildfire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Wildfire | Dubois | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Dubois | $3,000 | A 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. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 68 mph wind gust measured at the mesonet station Reno Gulch. |
| August 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 58 mph wind gust measured at the Blue Dome mesonet site. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | The Dubois mesonet site measured a 62 mph thunderstorm outflow wind. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | PACIFICORP station PC374 Reno Gulch measured a 58 mph thunderstorm outflow wind. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 61 mph wind gust measured at Reno Gulch mesonet site. |
| September 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at Blue Dome. |
| June 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Dubois | - | Funnel cloud photographed in Dubois. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 78 mph wind gust measured at Reno gulch Pacific Corp mesonet site. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | Private weather station measured a 62 mph wind gust in Dubois at the intersection of Main St and Oakley Ave. |
| June 2022 | Funnel Cloud | Dubois | - | A funnel cloud photographed near Dubois. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 70 mph wind gust was measured at the Dubois ARL site. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 57 mph wind gust measured at the Blue Dome Mesonet site. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | An 83 mph wind gust measured at the Camas ITD site. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | The Camas site recorded a 63 mph wind gust. |
| August 2014 | Heavy Rain | Dubois | - | 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. |
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A 63 mph wind gust was measured at Blue Dome. |
| September 2013 | Tornado (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 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | A thunderstorm wind gust of 68 mph was measured at the Dubois ARL site. |
| March 2012 | Flood | Dubois | - | 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. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | Sixty mph winds were measured at the Dubois Mesonet site. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Dubois | - | Tornado in open sagebrush area. No damage noted. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Wildfire | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Hail | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dubois | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Dubois | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Crossing | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Highbridge | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Spencer | 12.9 miles | 8 | |
| Winsper | 15.4 miles | 8 | |
| Old Beaver | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lidy Hot Springs | 17.2 miles | 8 | |
| Eighteenmile | 19.4 miles | 9 | |
| Idmon | 21.2 miles | 9 |
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 Dubois | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1517687 | 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 372497. 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.



