Bovard, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Troy-Juliaetta-Kendrick census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83871. It stands on West Fork Little Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Little Bear Ridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bovard within Latah County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Kendrick quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1990 USGS Little Bear Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Bovard (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,373 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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
Natural	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Equipment and vehicle use	8
Debris and open burning	5
Arson/incendiarism	1
Smoking	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
9 September 1996	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	HAY TRUCK
8 September 1998	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	SPERRY PINE
23 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	SPERRY GRADE
15 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	40 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	AMERICAN RIDGE
15 September 2000	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Idaho Department of Lands	BURNT RIDGE GRASS
14 September 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	AMERICAN RIDGE
1 September 2007	Smoking	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	KENDRICK GRADE
9 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Idaho Department of Lands	WESTENDAHL ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Latah County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bovard (historical): 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Clay, Silver, Gold, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Gemmill Prospect	Copper, Gold, Silver	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite
Little Bear Creek Clay Prospect	Clay	Past Producer	Clay
O.K. Olson	Silver, Gold, Copper	Occurrence	Bornite, Chalcopyrite
Wild Rose Limestone	Limestone, General	Occurrence	Limestone
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Latah 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Kendrick	4.6 miles	10
Orchard Homes (historical)	5.0 miles	10
Juliaetta	6.0 miles	10
Troy	6.1 miles	11
Nora	6.8 miles	11
Lidyville (historical)	7.1 miles	10
Lenville	7.5 miles	11
Howell	7.8 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399804. 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.