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About Lava Hot Springs
Lava Hot Springs is a city in Bannock County. About 375 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 5,000 feet, 29 miles southeast of Pocatello in a straight line.
Places listed for this area include the South Bannock County Historical Center Museum and Lava Hot Springs Hot Pools.
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Cost of living
This is the Pocatello metro price level, which covers Lava Hot Springs. A basket that costs $100 in the U.S. costs $88.91 here, under the U.S. average by 11.1%.
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- Public schools1 public school
- DMV and utilitiesCounty offices, and gas service only where a utility names this town
- Local services2 local businesses
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Public schools in Lava Hot Springs
All 1District, enrollment, and students per teacher from the federal 2024-25 directory. No ratings.
- Lava Elementary School
Marsh Valley Joint District · PK-6
42 students · 14 students per teacher
Services for Lava Hot Springs
All servicesDMV counters are the county offices. A gas utility appears only when its public list names Lava Hot Springs.
- Pocatello · Vehicles
130 North 6th Ave Pocatello, ID 83201 Walk-ins accepted
· Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Pocatello · Driver's licenses
5800 South 5th Pocatello, ID 83204
· Mon. - Thur. 7:00 AM - 6:00 PM
- Intermountain Gas · natural gas, on the company's town list. A main is not guaranteed at every address.
Allergy ratings in Lava Hot Springs
What a typical year looks like: Low, Moderate or High for each pollen season, plus wildfire smoke. Typical, general guidance. It is not medical advice. Pollen and smoke change with the weather every year, and what bothers you depends on what you are allergic to. See an allergist for testing.
Spring trees
March to June
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in AprilEarly-summer grass
Late May to July
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Late May to early JulyFall weeds and sagebrush
August to October
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in SeptemberWildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 3 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 8 (2021).
Regional rating. Lava Hot Springs has no pollen counter. These pollen ratings come from the Twin Falls station in the Magic Valley, 125 miles away.
How these ratings are worked out
Pollen is rated on the National Allergy Bureau bands for the grains of pollen in a cubic meter of air. Trees: Low under 15, Moderate 15 to 89, High 90 to 1,499. Weeds: Low under 10, Moderate 10 to 49, High 50 to 499. Grass: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199. The band is the one reached on the busiest quarter of counted days. A rating is typical, not a forecast: one wet or windy year can move it.
Spring trees, Moderate. Twin Falls NAB station, 757 counted days in 2003 to 2024: on the busiest quarter of days the tree count was 54 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call Moderate. On the busiest tenth of days it was 125 or more.
Early-summer grass, High. No grass counts are published for Twin Falls. The Treasure Valley figure is used: the same Snake River Plain, and Twin Falls tree and weed counts match Boise's pattern. The NAB grass bands: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199, Very High 200 or more grains per cubic meter.
Fall weeds and sagebrush, High. Twin Falls NAB station, 536 counted days in 2004 to 2023: on the busiest quarter of days the weed count was 71 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call High. On the busiest tenth of days it was 114 or more.
Wildfire smoke, Moderate. The average number of days a year the EPA's air quality index passed 100 ("unhealthy for sensitive groups" or worse), 2021-2025. Under 3 days is Low, 3 to 9 Moderate, 10 or more High. That grouping is ours, not the EPA's. Bannock County has its own EPA air monitor. The count includes any cause, but across Idaho's monitors 86% of those days fell in July to September and 94% were fine particles (PM2.5), which is what wildfire smoke is made of (570 county-days, 2021-2025).
Not rated. Mold: no published mold spore counts for Idaho towns are in the data used, so there is no mold rating. House dust, pets and food allergies are outside this rating.
Sources
- National Allergy Bureau daily pollen counts, CDC release 2003 to 2024 (Boise, Twin Falls, Coeur d'Alene stations)
- NAB pollen level bands (grains per cubic meter)
- The Allergy Group, Boise: Southwest Idaho pollen seasons (clinic counts since 1971)
- EPA AirData: annual AQI by county
Today
Pollen data through 2003-2024, smoke data 2021-2025. Checked 2026-10-03.
Map of Lava Hot Springs
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Parks in Lava Hot Springs
2 named parks on OpenStreetMap.
- Buddy Campbell Memorial Park
- City Park
Parks, trails and things to do
All of IdahoPlaces in and around Lava Hot Springs, nearest first: everything tied to Lava Hot Springs plus anything within 15 miles of town.
Things to do
Hot springs
- Lava Hot Springs Hot Poolshot spring0.3 mi
Ski areas
- Pebble Creek Ski Areaski area · near Inkom14 mi
Museums
- 0.1 mi
Attractions
- High Diveattraction0.2 mi
Parks
- 0.3 mi
- 0.4 mi
- Petticoat Peak Wilderness Study Areanature reserve4.5 mi
- Indian Rocks State Parknear McCammon12 mi
Trails
- Boundary Trail18.3 mi long4.0 mi
- East Bob Smith Trail3.2 mi long5.0 mi
- Reed Canyon Trail2.5 mi long5.9 mi
- Upper East Bob Smith Trail2.2 mi long6.3 mi
- 1520.3 mi long · near McCammon14 mi
- 1950.5 mi long · near McCammon14 mi
Distances are straight-line miles. From state and federal agency pages, the USGS place names list and OpenStreetMap contributors. Checked October 2, 2026. Check the official page for hours, fees and closures before you go.
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