Boise Hills Village, Idaho
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Boise City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83702. It lies near Hulls Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Boise North quadrangle.
On record in Boise Hills Village
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 within a mile 12 of 50 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Anton Goreczky Houselisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
Daniel F. Murphy Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Longfellow Schoollisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Willis Mickle Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Charles Paynton Houselisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
W. E. Jefferson Houselisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Hyde Park Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
C. H. Waymire Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
W. A. Simpson Houselisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Fred Reiger Houseslisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
H. E. McElroy Houselisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Boise quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Boise quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Boise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Boise North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Boise North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Boise Hills Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,793 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Boise District | RA 11 ADA CO |
| 28 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise District | COTTONWOOD |
| 27 September 1999 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Boise District | OVERLOOK |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | 8THSTXTENS |
| 21 September 2014 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Boise District | SUNNY |
| 13 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Boise District | BOGUS BASIN |
| 13 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Boise District | SEAMAN GLC |
| 9 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Boise District | BLUE CAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 57 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Boise Hills Village: 34 past producers, 8 producers, 6 prospects, 5 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Dimension, Diatomite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Star Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Picket Pin Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stanley Prospect | Beryllium, Garnet, Mica, Silica | Prospect | Beryl | |
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Keltic Gold Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Morning Star Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Old Boise Stone Company Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Sandstone | |
| Perlite Deposit | Perlite | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Boise | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Garden City | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Vernon | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| Collister | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Boise Junction | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| South Boise (historical) | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hillcrest | 4.8 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122598438 | The 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 396158. 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.








