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Orofino is a city in and the county seat of Clearwater County, Idaho, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River, with a population of 2,656 at the 2020 census and 1,103 households.

The name Orofino comes from the Spanish for fine gold, and the city is the major city within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation.

Nearby is the historical Canoe Camp, where the Lewis and Clark expedition built five new dugout canoes and embarked downstream toward the Pacific Ocean on October 7, 1805.

About four miles north of Orofino stands Dworshak Dam, the third-highest dam in the United States, completed in the early 1970s, with the Dworshak National Fish Hatchery nearby.

The name was originally two words, Oro Fino, applied to a gold mining camp established in 1861 two miles south of Pierce, and the town of Orofino-on-the-Clearwater was established in 1896 after the Nez Perce reservation was opened to non-tribal settlers in 1895.

The railroad, later part of the Camas Prairie Railroad, was constructed from Lewiston to Orofino in 1899.

Orofino is home to two state institutions, Idaho State Hospital North and the Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino, located adjacent to Orofino High School, whose mascot is the Maniac.

The city hosts an annual July 4 celebration, as well as the Clearwater County Fair and Lumberjack Days in late summer, and the Boomershoot precision rifle event is held nearby each spring.

Idaho's all-time highest temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded at Orofino on July 28, 1934.

Orofino is served by U.S. Route 12, known as the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, and by Orofino Municipal Airport, and its ZIP code is 83544.