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.
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.
Anton Goreczky Houselisted 1986 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1892 USGS Boise quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Boise quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Boise quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Boise North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Boise quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Boise North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Boise quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Boise District | RA 11 ADA CO |
| 28 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise District | COTTONWOOD |
| 27 September 1999 | Fireworks | 2.0 acres | Boise District | OVERLOOK |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Boise District | 8THSTXTENS |
| 21 September 2014 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Boise District | SUNNY |
| 13 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Boise District | BOGUS BASIN |
| 13 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Boise District | SEAMAN GLC |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Boise District | RA6 ADA CO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 51 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geothermal Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Star Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Picket Pin Mine | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stanley Prospect | Beryllium, Garnet, Mica, Silica | Prospect | Beryl | |
| Diatomite Occurrence | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Keltic Gold Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Morning Star Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Old Boise Stone Company Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | Sandstone | |
| Perlite Deposit | Perlite | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boise Hills Village | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Boise | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Garden City | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Collister | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Vernon | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Boise Junction | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| South Boise (historical) | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Perkins | 5.1 miles | 16 |
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.








