American Falls East Shore Power Plants

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

From the record

One of 12 National Register listings published here for Power County · listed in 1976 · category: Building.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. ID 39, American Falls, 83211
When was it listed? October 1976
Category. building
Census division. American Falls
National Register reference number. 76000680 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of American Falls East Shore Power Plants between 1996 and 2020, burning about 594 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5
Natural	2
Firearms and explosives use	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
1 September 1996	Power generation/transmission/distribution	85 acres	Idaho Falls District	SUNBEAM
9 August 1998	Natural	294 acres	Idaho Falls District	INDIAN
8 August 2001	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	NEELY
4 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Power County	POWER COUNTY ASSIST 1
17 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Idaho Falls District	POWER COUNTY ASSIST 4
23 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.8 acres	Idaho Falls District	POWER COUNTY ASSIST 3
23 July 2005	Natural	25 acres	Idaho Falls District	ROCKLAND
15 July 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	47 acres	Idaho Falls District	POWER COUNTY ASSIST 2

Every fire recorded in Power County

Mines and quarries near this property

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of American Falls East Shore Power Plants: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Geothermal, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Barite Prospect	Barium-Barite, Mercury	Unknown
Big Bend	Gold	Past Producer
Clay Deposit	Clay	Occurrence	Clay
Geothermal Location 8S-31E-17	Geothermal	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Power County

Storms near this property

49 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names American Falls, the town this property stands in, in 49 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 27 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 5 funnel cloud, 4 tornado. 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
February 2000	Tornado (F0)	American Falls	$375,000	A large metal farm building was damaged 6W of Pocatello airport: siding pushed in and roof partially removed. Nearby, a cinder block and a steel framed potato storage buildings collapsed. A large grain silo sustained severe damage. A recreation fee building destroyed and several large trees downed at Willow Bay county park. Throughout the tornado's path, irrigations center pivots flipped and wheel line systems twisted.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$75,000	no account filed
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$70,000	no account filed
October 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$25,000	About 30 large hardwood trees either uprooted or snapped due to a likely microburst. One tree caused moderate damage to a RV, while another destroyed a pickup truck parked nearby. Another tree fell onto a baseball field fence. An open ended trailer rolled one turn on it's side significantly damaging it. A nearby heavy metal picnic table was flipped and shingle damage noted on a marina facilities building.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$15,000	A semi was blown over on interstate 86 near exit 44.
August 2023	Flash Flood	American Falls	$15,000	Over 2 inches of rain fell in a 3 hour period in American Falls resulting in flash flooding. Pocatello Avenue flooded with water coming halfway up tires. The construction site at American Falls High School flooded with sandbags required. Multiple houses flooded as storm drains could not catch up with the heavy rainfall.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$10,000	Idaho Power lost three 60 foot towers near East Road in American Falls.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$6,000	no account filed
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$5,000	Multiple trees and power lines downed on Pleasant Valley Rd and South Pleasant Valley Rd.
August 2013	Flash Flood	American Falls	$5,000	Over one inch of rain fell in less than an hour with 1.31 inches total. Houses on the southwest side of town had basement flooding with flooding in the downtown construction area.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$4,000	Wires downed and power outages in American Falls.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$4,000	Trees downed in west of American Falls.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$3,000	Large tree uprooted and downed due to thunderstorm winds near American Falls. Created 6 to 8 foot deep crater and landed on a home.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$2,000	Idaho State Journal reported several large tree limbs down as well as power lines and road signs west of American Falls.
March 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$2,000	Extensive damage and warning level winds occurred with the passage of a cold front the evening of March 10th. A roof was blown off a building in American Falls into power lines with power outages in the city for up to an hour. Wind speeds of 78 mph were measured in American Falls. The winds also downed some power lines.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$2,000	Several trees downed to the east of American Falls with power outages.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$1,000	Large tree several feet in diameter uprooted and down on top of a house along Van Buren St.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$1,000	A large tree uprooted and downed in a yard.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$1,000	Tree snapped off in the area of Fort Hall Ave and Madison St.
June 2024	Flash Flood	American Falls	$1,000	Several commercial and residential streets under water. One residential street experienced significant damage and erosion.
August 2014	Flash Flood	American Falls	$1,000	Flash flooding reported in American Falls with standing water on roadways and a basement flooded at one residence.
May 2014	Tornado (EF0)	American Falls	$1,000	A tornado was spotted about 10 miles west-northwest of American Falls around 640 PM MDT and it moved slightly north-northwest until around 7 pm MDT. It was located 1.2 mile north-northwest of the intersection of North Pleasant Valley Road and County Line Road at 641 pm MDT. A damage survey showed damage to a residence on North Pleasant Valley Road between Schritter and County Line Roads. Multiple trees were uprooted or had branches torn off. Shingles were torn off the hours and a shed door was damaged and blown off its hinges. There were also isolated reports of irrigation line damage as the tornado moved through mostly open fields. No other damage was found.
April 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$1,000	no account filed
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	$500	Large tree limb fell on fence in American Falls.
June 2024	Flash Flood	American Falls	$300	Flash flooding occurred across roads and fields in the areas of Bragg Rd and Neibur Rd with several inches of water in a garage.
June 2024	Flash Flood	American Falls	$100	Intersection of Fort Hall Ave and Harrison St flooded.
June 2024	Flash Flood	American Falls	$100	Water reported across the interstate 86 eastbound exit ramp at exit 40.
August 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	A 58 mph wind gust recorded at mesonet station 2977 D5 Arbon Valley.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	Idaho Power reported 100 customers lost power west of Aberdeen.
June 2024	Hail	American Falls	-	One inch hail in American Falls.
June 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	A 60 mph wind gust estimated and 2 inches of rain on Sunset Lane.
May 2023	Funnel Cloud	American Falls	-	Photograph of funnel cloud.
May 2023	Funnel Cloud	American Falls	-	Funnel cloud photograph received west of American Falls.
May 2023	Funnel Cloud	American Falls	-	Funnel cloud photographed west of American Falls.
February 2019	Flood	American Falls	-	Warming temperatures caused snow melt and Main Street in American Falls was submerged in water.
May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	The Crystal RAWS measured an 89 mph wind gust.
April 2016	Funnel Cloud	American Falls	-	Multiple photographs were received of a funnel cloud west of American Falls between 1 pm and 1:30 pm MDT on April 11th.
August 2011	Hail	American Falls	-	A spotter reported 1 inch hail 4 miles east northeast of American Falls.
July 2008	Hail	American Falls	-	Three quarter inch hail west of American Falls.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	Estimated wind gusts, blew pickup truck into another vehicle.
June 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	Irrigation pipe blown from storage rack.
April 2003	Tornado (F0)	American Falls	-	Tornado occurred in open fields near Indian Springs. No damage occurred.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	Winds to 60 mph toppled several trees of 6-8 inches in diameter, broke tree limbs and flattened crops.
September 1997	Funnel Cloud	American Falls	-	County sheriff observed funnel cloud near Bannock Peak.
August 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	no account filed
April 2003	Hail	American Falls	-	no account filed
June 1996	Tornado (F0)	American Falls	-	no account filed
June 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	American Falls	-	no account filed
September 1996	Wildfire	American Falls	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Power County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Property	Distance	Listed
Oneida Milling and Elevator Company Grain Elevator	0.7 miles	1993
William Davie House	1.1 miles	2008
Richard and Winnie Warwas House	1.1 miles	2006
American Falls Reservoir Flooded Townsite	1.2 miles	2002
St. John's Episcopal Church	1.2 miles	2007
Walter Sparks House	1.3 miles	2007

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 76000680 in Record Group 79.
Power County	All 12 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.