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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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Dubois within Clark County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Dubois 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.

YearPeople Change
2010677
2020511-166 (-25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

19 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
16 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictBEN
5 August 2007Natural5.1 acresIdaho Falls DistrictBEAVER CREEK
3 August 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreIdaho Falls DistrictJONES XING
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClark CountyCLARK COUNTY ASSIST 1
23 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use827 acresIdaho Falls DistrictTIM
2 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution1,652 acresIdaho Falls DistrictNEZ PERCE TRAIL
18 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,039 acresIdaho Falls DistrictCATCH 22
17 August 2018Natural20 acresCaribou-Targhee National ForestSHEEP 1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this place

34 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2003WildfireDubois$25,000no account filed
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.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 68 mph wind gust measured at the mesonet station Reno Gulch.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 58 mph wind gust measured at the Blue Dome 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 WindDubois-A 61 mph wind gust measured at Reno Gulch mesonet site.
September 2024Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 59 mph thunderstorm outflow wind measured at Blue Dome.
June 2023Funnel CloudDubois-Funnel cloud photographed in Dubois.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindDubois-A 78 mph wind gust measured at Reno gulch Pacific Corp mesonet site.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindDubois-Private weather station measured a 62 mph wind gust in Dubois at the intersection of Main St and Oakley Ave.
June 2022Funnel CloudDubois-A funnel cloud photographed near Dubois.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindDubois-no account filed
August 2005HailDubois-no account filed
August 2005HailDubois-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindDubois-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindDubois-no account filed
September 2003WildfireDubois-no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindDubois-no account filed
September 2000HailDubois-no account filed
August 1997HailDubois-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindDubois-no account filed
June 1995HailDubois-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Jones Crossing6.2 miles9
Highbridge7.4 miles8
Spencer12.9 miles8
Winsper15.4 miles8
Old Beaver16.3 miles8
Lidy Hot Springs17.2 miles8
Eighteenmile19.4 miles9
Idmon21.2 miles9

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 DuboisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1517687The 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.