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Boulder, Idaho

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Ketchum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83340. It stands on Boulder Peak. The Survey maps it on the Easley Hot Springs quadrangle.

Boulder within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Boulder between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Other causes1
Debris and open burning1

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
29 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestRAIN
14 September 2012Smokingunder an acreSawtooth National ForestBOULDER
12 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestSILVER CREEK
12 September 1996Smokingunder an acreSawtooth National ForestMANAPU
10 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSawtooth National ForestBOULDER
9 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSawtooth National ForestEASLEY HILL
7 August 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSawtooth National ForestBOULDER VIEW
6 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSawtooth National ForestKONRAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Boulder: 11 occurrences, 10 past producers, 10 unknowns, 7 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Tungsten. 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
Boulder MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Boulder MinesCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, ZincProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Boulder Ridge OccurrenceSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Tenorite
Boulder Ridge OccurrenceGold, Silver, Lead, CopperUnknown
Good Hope ProspectZinc, Tungsten, LeadProspect
JankowZinc, Tungsten, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Jankow ProspectZinc, Silver, Tungsten, LeadOccurrenceGalena, Scheelite
Million ProspectZinc, Silver, LeadOccurrenceGalena
Silver LodeLead, Zinc, SilverUnknown
SnugSilver, Zinc, LeadProspect

Every working recorded in Blaine 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
Cathedral Pines4.5 miles16
Easley Hot Springs4.6 miles16
Galena8.3 miles16
Sun Valley12.8 miles17
Ketchum13.4 miles17
Elkhorn Village14.4 miles17
Sawtooth City (historical)18.1 miles16
Gimlet18.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396165. 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.