[3] This name honors Henry C. Boggs (1820–1898), an early settler and entrepreneur in Lake County.

[12] The mountain takes the form of a simple ridge crest from which long spurs run southeast to Putah Creek.

The upper part of the mountain is similar to a plateau cut by several drainage channels.

[14] Henry C. Boggs was an early settler in Lake County who was active in ranching, property, timber and banking in the late 19th century.

[4] In 1878 he bought timberland tracts within what is now Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest.

Lower down the spurs were unaltered or slightly altered sandstone and shales, with scattered oaks, partly covered with chamise.

[20] In the mid-1940s a major fire swept through the northwestern part of the Boggs Mountain forest.

[20] After World War II (1939–1945) there was a boom in construction, and all the usable old-growth and secondary forest was clear cut.

[18] The 200 acres (81 ha) Boggs Mountain Inner Coast Range Reserve has steeper slopes that have virtually undisturbed vegetation.