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Hillcrest, Idaho

19 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 83716. The Survey maps it on the Boise South quadrangle.

Hillcrest within Ada County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Hillcrest between 1992 and 2019, burning about 14,432 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined21
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
22 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictELEYE
22 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBoise DistrictBLKHAWKDWN
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresBoise DistrictCOLUMBIA
9 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresBoise DistrictI84-MP59
6 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresBoise DistrictHOLLILYN
4 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestVANWYCK
29 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresBoise DistrictHOLLY
28 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictRA11 BFD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Hillcrest: 33 past producers, 8 producers, 5 unknowns, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone, Dimension. 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
Pullman Brick Co. MineClayProducerSurface
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Twentieth Century MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerVein
Old Boise Stone Company QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Rip Rap Pit-Gowen FieldStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed LocationPerlitePast Producer
Keltic Gold MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Last Hope MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Morning Star MineGold, SilverPast ProducerVein

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
South Boise (historical)1.2 miles19
Vernon2.1 miles19
Boise3.6 miles19
Barber3.7 miles14
Boise Hills Village4.8 miles18
Boise Junction4.8 miles16
Garden City5.0 miles19
Perkins5.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 396654. 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.