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Highlands, Idaho

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Boise City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83702. It lies near Hulls Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Boise North quadrangle.

Highlands within Ada County

On record in Highlands

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,993 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural5
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresBoise DistrictRA 11 ADA CO
28 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBoise DistrictCOTTONWOOD
27 September 1999Fireworks2.0 acresBoise DistrictOVERLOOK
25 September 2001Natural1.0 acresBoise District8THSTXTENS
21 September 2014Smoking3.0 acresBoise DistrictSUNNY
13 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresBoise DistrictBOGUS BASIN
13 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresBoise DistrictSEAMAN GLC
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresBoise DistrictRA6 ADA CO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Highlands: 29 past producers, 7 producers, 6 prospects, 5 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Dimension, Diatomite. 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
Geothermal LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Golden Star GroupGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Picket Pin MineGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stanley ProspectBeryllium, Garnet, Mica, SilicaProspectBeryl
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Keltic Gold MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Morning Star MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Old Boise Stone Company QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ada 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
Boise Hills Village1.0 miles18
Boise2.3 miles19
Garden City2.9 miles19
Collister3.0 miles18
Vernon4.3 miles19
Boise Junction4.4 miles16
South Boise (historical)5.0 miles19
Perkins5.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396653. 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.