Fort Boise, Idaho

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Parma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83660. It lies near Sand Run Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Owyhee quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Fort Boise within Canyon County

On record in Fort Boise

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.

Fort Boise and Riverside Ferry Siteslisted 1974 · 0.3 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1906 USGS Mitchell Butte quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Owyhee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1993 USGS Vale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Fort Boise (historical) between 1995 and 2014, burning about 2,450 acres in total. 2 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	2
Debris and open burning	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2

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
4 September 1995	Natural	2,221 acres	Boise District	D LINE
3 August 2009	Natural	under an acre	Vale District	LINCOLN
3 June 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Boise District	PEARL
1 June 2001	Debris and open burning	107 acres	Boise District	TOWERS
1 June 2000	Debris and open burning	51 acres	Boise District	OLD DUMP
14 October 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	70 acres	Boise District	RADIOTWR 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Canyon County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fort Boise (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Snake River Placers	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Loe Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Loe Pit and Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Nyssa Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Nyssa Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Canyon 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
Apple Valley	1.2 miles	12
Parma	4.8 miles	12
Roswell	6.2 miles	13
Rookstool Corner	9.2 miles	12
Wilder	11.8 miles	13
Allendale	12.8 miles	13
Notus	13.3 miles	13
Greenleaf	15.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399484. 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.