Bovill, Idaho
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Deary-Bovill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83806. It stands on Moose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bovill quadrangle. 191 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,874 feet above sea level.
On record in Bovill
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 3 records
Bovill Opera Houselisted 2010
Hotel Bovilllisted 1994
St. Joseph's Catholic Churchlisted 1982
Population over time
2 figuresBovill fell from 260 to 191 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 260 | |
| 2020 | 191 | -69 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Pullman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Bovill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Potlatch quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Bovill quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Bovill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Bovill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HUNTER |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Clearwater Potlatch Timber Protective Association | RUBY CREEK POWERLINE |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | JACKSON MOUNTAIN |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | BOVILL HIGHWAY |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MARKER 38 PL |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FORKS |
| 27 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | FORKS |
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | FORKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bovill: 6 producers, 4 occurrences, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Kaolin, Stone, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobs Creek Mica Occurrence | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Bovill Clay Deposit | Water, Free, Titanium, Silica, Iron, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1943, 1961 | |
| Gold Hunter Prospect | Lead, Gold, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Helmer Clay Deposit | Kaolin, Silica | Producer | 1956 | |
| Miclasil Mine and Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Sherwin Garnet Placer | Garnet | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Bouill Rock Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Deary Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Moose Creek Clay Mine | Kaolin | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bovill in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1995 | Hail | Bovill | - | no account filed |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bovill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1511115 | 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 399805. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





