Pocatello Warehouse Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

From the record

One of 30 National Register listings published here for Bannock County · listed in 1996 · category: District.

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

The listing

Address. Roughly bounded by S. 2nd Ave., E. Halliday, E. Sutter, and the OSL RR tracks, Pocatello, 83201
When was it listed? September 1996
Category. district
Census division. Pocatello
National Register reference number. 96000946 - 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

95 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Pocatello Warehouse Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,710 acres in total. 31 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	31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	27
Fireworks	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Smoking	3
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Falls District	AMERICAN
8 September 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	3.7 acres	Idaho Falls District	MICHAUD CREEK
6 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19 acres	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	WILD MOUNTAIN
4 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Idaho Falls District	POCATELLO
25 September 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.2 acres	Idaho Falls District	BUCKSKIN ROAD
21 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	84 acres	Bannock County	BANNOCK COUNTY ASSIST 5
20 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Caribou-Targhee National Forest	not named
2 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.3 acres	Idaho Falls District	CHINAMAN PEAK

Every fire recorded in Bannock County

Mines and quarries near this property

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pocatello Warehouse Historic District: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silver. 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
Lost Horse Mine	Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Lyonclaw Mine	Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lead, Silver	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Mountain Spring Prospect	Copper, Gold	Occurrence	Replacement
Baldwin and Brady	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Bengal Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Fmc Silica Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Merrill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pocatello	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Pocatello Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Bannock County

Storms near this property

60 of 151 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pocatello, the town this property stands in, in 151 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 46 thunderstorm wind, 34 hail, 21 flash flood, 16 heavy rain. 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 1997	Hail	Pocatello	$1,040,000	Hail from quarter to golfball-size occurred from Yellowstone Ave near Alameda to the lower Pocatello Creek area. Numerous vehicles (500+) and roofs(200+) in the area were damaged by hail. Specific hail reports within this area include: 1.75 inch hail 15th and Oak Street, 1.75 inch hail Maple Street and Yellowstone Ave, 1.5 inch hail near Poplar Street and Interstate 15, 1.25 inch hail at Channel 6 studio, 1.0 inch hail lower Pocatello Creek, and 1.0 inch hail Monte Vista.
June 1997	Lightning	Pocatello	$1,000,000	Lightning struck the new LDS Institute on the ISU campus. The fire which resulted caused the roof to collapse and set back construction 3 months.
June 2009	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$700,000	Flash flooding caused by as much a 2 inches of rain in a 2 hour period caused extensive flooding in the south portion of Pocatello. By 1:15 pm EDT 10th Street and Carter Avenue were completely flooded and not passable. The Juniper Hills and Riverside golf courses south of the city were completely underwater. South 5th Avenue was closed due to the water on the street. US 91 was closed from the South 5th exit to the Portneuf exit. 43 homes and several businesses were reported flooded. Water up to hoods of cars were reported on Bannock Highway near Riverside Golf Course. Water submerged cars in the Gables assisted living center on South Grant Avenue. Roads were closed throughout the Indian Hill section of Pocatello with knee deep water on most roads. A disaster area declaration was declared for Bannock County at 3:30 pm MDT. The rains created an 8 foot sink hole at Constitution Park. Sink holes developed at some local residences as deep as 12 feet. Extensive road damage occurred due to rushing debris.
July 2004	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$535,000	no account filed
August 1997	Heavy Rain	Pocatello	$100,000	Heavy rain caused considerable water damage to the Main Street Post Office roof, insulation and ceiling tiles.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$100,000	no account filed
May 2017	Flood	Pocatello	$65,000	The Portneuf River remained above flood stage for most of the month of May with much of the flooding occurring in the Inkom area. The Sacajawea Park in Pocatello remained flooded as well for much of the month. Fields in Inkom encountered agricultural damage with many roads and bridges in that area damaged and needing repaired. The continued ponding of water in the Inkom area required west Nile mosquito control.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$40,000	no account filed
July 1999	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$30,000	A thunderstorm brought intense rainfall and flash flooding to the city of Pocatello. Accumulation of 1.5 to 1.7 inches were reported for downtown Pocatello, with the suburbs reporting from 0.80 to 2.75 inches. Streets, underpasses and basements were flooded in downtown Pocatello. Some vehicles were stalled trying to drive through water up to a foot deep on city streets. Some 2000 residents suffered power outages for several hours.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$14,000	Thunderstorm winds uprooted large trees in Pocatello. One fell into a house causing extensive damage.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$13,000	A large tree was uprooted and a power pole snapped in half with wires down along Riverside Dr in Pocatello and the road was impassable.
August 2020	Lightning	Pocatello	$10,000	It is believed lightning struck transformers creating sparks that caused two fires in Pocatello. The first occurred in a field outside the School District 25 main office building on Pole Line Road. A second fire occurred at the 500 block of North Ninth Avenue. Sparks from a transformer ignited a grass fire that destroyed a car and spread to the exterior of a house destroying the attic. The home was unoccupied and was declared salvageable. About 1,000 Pocatello residents also lost power.
June 2017	Flood	Pocatello	$10,000	The Portneuf River gradually receded below flood stage and field flooding also was reduced during the month. Some minor damage to agriculture continued along with west nile mosquito control for ponding of water early in the month.
June 2011	Flood	Pocatello	$10,000	The Portneuf River at Pocatello remained above flood stage through June 18th. The river crested at 9.28 feet on June 11th. Extensive lowland flooding occurred near Inkom. Pasture and livestock corrals were flooded in the vicinity of Portneuf Gap and the Cheyenne Avenue Bridge in Pocatello. Downstream of the concrete flood control channel through Pocatello minor flooding of lowland and a city recreation trail occurred from Sacajawea Park to Pacfic Recycling Park.
May 1999	Lightning	Pocatello	$10,000	A lightning strike started a house fire which damaged the roof and attic.
March 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$10,000	no account filed
June 2009	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$8,000	Heavy rains during the month of June caused exposed houses in the Hidden Valley subdivision in Pocatello to flood. As much as 4 inches of water was found in homes exposed to hillsides.
September 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$6,000	A building under construction between Chile's and Costco was knocked over by strong winds.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$5,700	no account filed
September 2005	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$5,000	no account filed
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$3,000	Large mature evergreen tree uprooted and blown onto power lines snapping one of them.
August 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$3,000	Several trees downed in Pocatello with damage to a house and many branches in roadways. Some damage near 500 block of North Garfield Road.
December 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$3,000	A thunderstorm moved through Pocatello and downed trees and power lines and thousands of people were reported without power in the Pocatello and Chubbuck area through 11 pm on the 21st.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds downed a power line on Jefferson Avenue and many power outages occurred in Pocatello on the 26th. Idaho Power reported 2,000 customers without power.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$2,000	Heavy rain caused the closing of the Center Street underpass for several hours. Sandbags were ordered to alleviate flooding at Hayes Avenue and Halliday Street. Wyeth Street. Flooding also occurred at Wyeth Street., Main Street, Custer Street and Lincoln Avenue. Multiple weather related motor vehicle accidents were reported as well.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$2,000	Six inch tree limbs were reported snapped off and downed in Pocatello.
January 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$2,000	High wind from thunderstorm blew 70 to 80 shingles off a roof and knocked over highway signs along Interstate 86.
August 1999	Funnel Cloud	Pocatello	$2,000	no account filed
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$1,500	A large tree was blown over onto a fence in Pocatello.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$1,000	Several hundred customers without power in Pocatello due to object on power lines.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$1,000	Tree downed in Alameda Park.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$1,000	A large mature pine tree blown over blocking driveway.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$1,000	A large tree downed blocking a roadway.
September 2022	Flood	Pocatello	$1,000	Extensive street and road flooding occurred on the evening of the 21st in the Pocatello/Chubbuck area as rains in excess of a half inch fell. The intersection of East Oak St and Yellowstone Ave flooded. The Center Street Underpass accumulated 18 to 24 inches of water. Flooding at N 3rd Ave and E Fremont St affected a business. Hawthorne Rd flooded with deep water at the interstate 86 underpass and was closed from 830 pm to 10 pm MDT. US Route 30 also closed between Hawthorne Rd and W Cedar St.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$1,000	Large tree was downed in a cemetery.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$1,000	A strong thunderstorm wind downed a tree at the Pine Street and McKinley Avenue in Pocatello. There were reports of other downed trees in Pocatello.
September 2013	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$1,000	A heavy rain shower caused flash flooding south of Pocatello including mudslides across roads. Mudslides occurred on Mink Creek Road from Frazier Egg Farm to Bannock Highway closing the road for an hour. Some homes on Autumn Drive and Charlotte Drive had basements flooded near the Charlotte Fire burn area.
July 2009	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$1,000	Over 1 inch of rain in less than an hour caused minor street flooding throughout the city of Pocatello. The Red Lion Hotel reported standing water inside their establishment.
August 2009	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$1,000	Heavy rain caused road flooding on South Fifth Avenue, Bannock Highway and Samuel and McDougall Streets.
August 2009	Flash Flood	Pocatello	$1,000	Heavy rain caused road flooding on South Fifth Avenue, Bannock Highway and Samuel and McDougall Streets.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$1,000	Thunderstorm winds downed power lines and over 900 people without power until 10 pm.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$500	Upper third of large Pine tree snapped off along Mink Creek.
May 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	$300	no account filed
September 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	North Pocatello	$200	A large tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds on September 14th at Highland Golf Course in Pocatello.
May 1997	Hail	Pocatello	$200	Hail up to 3/4 inch diameter along Ranch and Plateau Streets in west bench area of Pocatello damaged porch awning.
April 2026	Funnel Cloud	Pocatello	-	Photographs of a cold air funnel were reported on social media near Pocatello.
May 2025	Flash Flood	Pocatello	-	Several inches of water pooled up on Garrett Way.
July 2025	Flood	Pocatello	-	Areas of flooding in Pocatello: S Arthur Ave, Riverside Dr, US Highway 30 closed in the area of N Main St around 520 PM MDT, street and parking lots on west side of Pocatello.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	Idaho Power reported 1,000 customers without powers across the south end of Pocatello due to thunderstorm wind gust damage.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	An 83 mph wind gust measured near Howard Mountain at the Idaho Power mesonet site.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	A 59 mph wind gust measured at the Karen Road Idaho Power mesonet site.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	A 61 mph wind gust measured along W Pocatello Creek Rd near Nottingham Lane.
December 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	Several hundreds reported without power in the Pocatello area.
June 2024	Hail	Pocatello	-	One inch hail in Pocatello.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	A 66 mph thunderstorm outflow gust measured just northwest of Pocatello at FW4083 mesonet site.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	Tree limbs down in area of 13th Ave and 14th Ave.
May 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	Eight inch tree branches were snapped in the Samuel and Stockman area of Pocatello.
May 2023	Hail	Pocatello	-	One inch hail north of Pocatello.
May 2023	Flash Flood	Pocatello	-	Extensive street flooding in Pocatello with several becoming impassable. The Center Street underpass was shut down after two feet of water collected.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Pocatello	-	A 60 mph wind gust measured at station FW4083 2 miles northwest of Pocatello.

Every storm recorded in Bannock 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
Idaho State University Administration Building	0.4 miles	1993
East Side Downtown Historic District	0.5 miles	1994
Sullivan-Kinney House	0.5 miles	1977
Brady Memorial Chapel	0.5 miles	1979
Idaho State University Neighborhood Historic District	0.6 miles	1984
John Hood House	0.6 miles	1978

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 96000946 in Record Group 79.
Bannock County	All 30 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.