BlockBoyer, Idaho
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Sandpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83864. The Survey maps it on the Oden Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Priest Lake quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Sandpoint quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Oden Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Oden Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
49 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Boyer between 1992 and 2019, burning about 376 acres in total. 19 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 | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | SAND RIDGE |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SMALL WONDER |
| 7 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | HWY 200 MM 37.1 |
| 6 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LIGHTNING CREEK |
| 31 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LIGHTNING RIDGE |
| 25 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | LIGHTNING RIDGE |
| 21 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | HIDDEN LAKES |
| 18 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | RAPID |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Boyer: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B R 132 Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boyer Mines | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Davis Prospect | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Howard Davis Prospect | Silver, Lead, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Kootenai | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Kootenai Prospect | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | 1928 | |
| Lone Butte Prospect | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Marguerite | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Marguerite Prospect | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Reynolds Mine | Silver, Lead | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399378. 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.