BlockFrom the record
One of 4 National Register listings published here for Boise County · listed in 1975 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Idaho City
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The listing
- Address. Bounded by city limits, Idaho City, 83631
- When was it listed? June 1975
- Category. district
- Census division. Idaho City
- National Register reference number. 75000626 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
181 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Idaho City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,527 acres in total. 87 started naturally. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 87 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Boise National Forest | LYKOW |
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | BANNOCK |
| 7 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Boise National Forest | HOODOO |
| 7 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Boise National Forest | SUNFLOWER |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SWS 018 AIRPORT |
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | SWS 020 WILLOW |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Boise National Forest | GREENLAND GULCH |
| 30 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Boise National Forest | RUNNING BEAR |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 65 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Idaho City: 28 past producers, 19 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Antimony, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar | Gold, Garnet, Iron, Thorium | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Bar | Gold, Thorium, Iron, Garnet | Unknown | ||
| Boise Basin Region | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Boomer Prospect | Gold, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Boomer Prospect | Gold, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Cleveland Mine | Lead, Zinc, Arsenic | Prospect | ||
| Crackerjack and Old Boston | Gold, REE, Zirconium, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Elk and Mores Creeks | Gold, Zirconium, Uranium, Thorium, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gambrinus Mine | Gold, Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Garrecht Prospects | Lead, Gold | Occurrence | Galena |
Storms near this property
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Idaho City, the town this property stands in, in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2014: 5 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Idaho City | 1 killed | Boise County Sherrif's dispatch reported a large number of trees down on and around Grimes Creek Road including one fatality at Grimes Creek. |
| August 2014 | Flood | Idaho City | - | Middle Fork Road and many camping areas were closed due to flooding and mud slides. |
| August 2014 | Debris Flow | Idaho City | - | Debris was reported flowing across Highway 21 near Hayfork Campground. |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Idaho City | - | Heavy rain caused two mud slides on Grimes Creek RD. One at mile post 2.2 and one futher up. |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Idaho City | - | Heavy rain caused water and mud to flow across State Highway 21 near mp 19...Flash Flooding also occurred 19 miles east of Banks with water and debris across roadway. |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Idaho City | - | A National Weather Service storm survey team found evidence of a flash flood across the Middle Fork of the Boise River Road which happened on the evening of the 31st. A small creek flowing under the road through a culvert apparently swelled to over 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep depositing debris over the road. |
| August 1997 | Flash Flood | Idaho City | - | A series of mud slides and flash floods occurred in a remote region of the Boise Mountains on the evening of August 11. Scattered moderate showers and thunderstorms had been occurring over this region all day long. 8 mud slides cut Forest Service Road 317 with up to 4 feet of mud and debris. Normally dry stream beds were reported to contain up to 6 feet of water during the flood. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Idaho City | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Flash Flood | Idaho City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Idaho City | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Heavy Rain | Idaho City | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 75000626 in Record Group 79. |
| Boise County | All 4 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.