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South Boise, 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 83706. The Survey maps it on the Boise South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

South Boise within Ada County

On record in South 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.

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

57 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of South Boise (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,188 acres in total. 11 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/undetermined20
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks4
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 1999Recreation and ceremony126 acresBoise DistrictSANDY POIN
27 September 1999Fireworks2.0 acresBoise DistrictOVERLOOK
22 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBoise DistrictELEYE
22 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBoise DistrictBLKHAWKDWN
18 September 1998Natural3.0 acresBoise DistrictHILANDVALY
18 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresBoise DistrictCOLUMBIA
9 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresBoise DistrictI84-MP59
4 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestVANWYCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ada County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of South Boise (historical): 38 past producers, 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences. 6 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
Picket Pin MineGold, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVein
Pullman Brick Co. MineClayProducerSurface
QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Golden Star GroupGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Old Boise Stone Company QuarryStone, DimensionPast ProducerSandstone
Perlite DepositPerliteOccurrence
Rip Rap Pit-Gowen FieldStone, DimensionUnknown
Rocky CanyonDiatomiteOccurrence
Twentieth Century MineGold, Copper, Lead, 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
Vernon0.9 miles19
Hillcrest1.2 miles19
Barber2.9 miles14
Boise3.2 miles19
Boise Hills Village4.1 miles18
Garden City4.9 miles19
Highlands5.0 miles18
Boise Junction5.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 399210. 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.