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Tenmile Summer Home Area, Idaho

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Idaho City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83631. It stands on Tenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sunset Mountain quadrangle.

Tenmile Summer Home Area within Boise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Tenmile Summer Home Area between 1992 and 2020, burning about 188,577 acres in total. 89 started naturally. 1 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
Natural89
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2006Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestSUNSET RIDGE
7 September 2019Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestHOODOO
7 September 2006Natural3.5 acresBoise National ForestHOOT CREEK
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestGERMAN CREEK
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestPILOT
30 September 2006Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresBoise National ForestRUNNING BEAR
25 September 2016Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestELK HORN
22 September 1998Naturalunder an acreBoise National ForestBOULDER CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Boise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 50 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Tenmile Summer Home Area: 30 past producers, 14 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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
Boulder Group MineGold, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Cleveland MineLead, Zinc, ArsenicProspect
Gambrinus MineGold, Antimony, SilverPast Producer
Hayfork MineGold, Antimony, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Stibnite
Hayfork MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Antimony, CopperPast Producer
Hope ClaimThorium, Niobium (Columbium), REEProspect
Humdinger GroupCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Humdinger GroupGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Illinois MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
King Solomon ProspectSilver, Platinum, GoldOccurrenceArgentite, Gold, Platinum, Silver

Every working recorded in Boise 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
Washington Mill2.4 miles19
Idaho City8.0 miles19
Pioneerville8.6 miles19
Centerville9.5 miles20
New Centerville10.5 miles20
Banner12.7 miles11
Grimes Pass12.7 miles13
Placerville12.8 miles20

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122562113The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 400494. 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.