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Boise Junction, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Boise City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83706. The Survey maps it on the Cloverdale quadrangle.

Boise Junction within Ada County

On record in Boise Junction

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

6 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Boise Junction between 1996 and 2019, burning about 15,405 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined3
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
28 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictRA11 BFD
26 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use15,263 acresBoise National ForestEIGHTH STREET
20 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresBoise DistrictRA9 ADA CO
18 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBoise DistrictRA 1 ADA CO
16 July 2011Natural109 acresBoise DistrictGOWEN
21 June 2007Other causes8.0 acresBoise DistrictASSIST 3 BFD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Boise Junction: 29 past producers, 8 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Stone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Rip Rap Pit-Gowen FieldStone, DimensionUnknown
Beacon Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Boise Monroc Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Boise Rip Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Busy B Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Chausee-Swan Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cole Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Consolidated PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Eagle PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ada County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Perkins0.9 miles16
Garden City1.5 miles19
Boise2.9 miles19
Collister3.7 miles18
Ustick4.0 miles17
Boise Hills Village4.0 miles18
Cloverdale4.2 miles16
Highlands4.4 miles18

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 Q122597688The 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 396159. 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.