Broadwater County, Montana

75 topographic sheets cover 21 settlements here, and 11 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

11 National Register listings published here, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Montana within the United States

Broadwater County within Montana

What the record shows

361 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
11 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 5 buildings, 4 structures, 1 site and 1 district.
1 of the 11 listings was added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 21 populated places in this county; 21 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Crow Creek Water Ditch	structure	2001	01000323
Eagle Guard Station	building	2001	01001014
McCormick's Livery and Feed Stable Sign	site	1981	81000339
McMaster Ranch Historic District	district	2021	100007169
Rankin Ranch	building	1976	76001119
Spokane Hill Airway Beacon	structure	2021	100006048
Spokane Hill Airway Beacon	structure	2021	100006048
St. Joseph's Catholic Mission Church	building	1998	98001339
State Bank of Townsend	building	1992	91001941
Toston Bridge	structure	2005	05000720
Valley Masonic Lodge No. 21	building	2019	100004236

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

255 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 255 of them, burning about 98,502 acres. 96 started naturally and 6 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	96
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	61
Railroad operations and maintenance	23
Recreation and ceremony	20
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Debris and open burning	15
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Arson/incendiarism	6
Smoking	5
Fireworks	1
Firearms and explosives use	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 August 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	81,220 acres	Butte Field Office	TOSTON MAUDLOW
14 August 2015	Natural	8,721 acres	Butte Field Office	EUSTIS
21 July 2015	Arson/incendiarism	1,616 acres	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	CABIN GULCH
27 July 2000	Natural	1,380 acres	Central Land Office	not named
14 August 2003	Recreation and ceremony	840 acres	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	SHEEP CAMP
18 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	755 acres	Central Land Office	BEAR GULCH
30 October 2020	Natural	676 acres	Broadwater County	51 CONFEDERATE
1 July 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	480 acres	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	INDIAN CREEK

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1970 to 2025

60 of 80 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 80 reports for this county, causing 1 death, no injuries and about $600,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	45
Hail	27
Flood	3
Flash Flood	2
Tornado	1
Lightning	1
Funnel Cloud	1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
May 2007	Lightning	Townsend	1 killed	Man fishing alone in boat on southern Canyon Ferry Resevoir, on east shore across from Silos, struck and killed by lightning around 320 pm MDT.
May 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Helena	$500,000	A barn roof was blown off and a granary was leveled at Avalanche Gulch.
June 2023	Flash Flood	Townsend Arpt	$100,000	Portions of N Creek Road as well as Highway 12 were closed due to debris flows and flash flooding in the Deep Creek Burn Scar area. The Deep Creek Picnic area was closed for over two months as a result of the flooding.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Mesonet station GINM8 Ginger RAWS measured a 61 mph wind gust. Time estimated using radar given the station reports once per hour.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Toston	-	Mesonet station MTM83 Toston Sw2 measured a 60 mph wind gust.
July 2025	Hail	Placer	-	Social media report estimating max hail size of 1.25 inches. Time is estimated.
July 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend Arpt	-	Media passed along a photo of what appears to be a landspout with defined circulation at the ground. Location estimated. No damages were reported with the landspout.
September 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Toston	-	Toston MT mesonet measured a 64 mph wind gust.
September 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Mesonet station GINM8 Ginger RAWS measured a 61 mph wind gust. Time estimated using radar.
September 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Toston	-	Mesonet station MTTOS Toston Bridge Us-287 Mp 87.0 measured a 62 mph gust.
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Toston	-	Local officials report roads closed due to downed power lines and trees.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Placer	-	Measured by and reported via Ambient Weather.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Radersburg	-	Measured via site EKHM8 Elkhorn.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Measured via site GINM8 Ginger.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Measured by and reported via Ambient Weather.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Placer	-	Measured via an Ambient Weather sensor near Winston (19MWL).
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	RAWS station GINM8 Ginger measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph. The station reports hourly so the time of the gust was estimated using radar.
May 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Mesonet station Ginger Raws recorded a wind gust of 50 knots.
September 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend Arpt	-	Mesonet station KMTTOWNS11 reported 56 knot wind gust.
August 2022	Hail	Townsend	-	Public report of ping pong sized hail.
August 2022	Hail	Townsend	-	Social media post from the Townsend area showed quarter sized hail.
August 2022	Hail	Townsend	-	Public report via social media of quarter sized hail.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	EKHM8 station measured a 56 kt (65 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Ginger RAWS measured a 53 kt (61 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	The Ginger RAWS near Townsend measured a 67 kt (77 mph) thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Radersburg	-	Mesonet station ekhm8, Elkhorn raws - 8 W Townsend.
June 2019	Hail	Toston	-	Pea-size to quarter-size hail cover the ground.
August 2019	Hail	Townsend	-	A trained spotter reports hail size of 1.75 inches in diameter.
August 2019	Hail	Townsend Arpt	-	A trained spotter reports hail size of 1.75 inches in diameter. Some body damage to trucks and the spotter reported that a neighbor had broken windows.
August 2019	Hail	Townsend	-	A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of 1.75 inches in diameter.
July 2019	Funnel Cloud	Townsend	-	Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud in Townsend.
July 2019	Hail	Winston	-	Public reported hail sized 1.75 inches near Winston.
July 2019	Hail	Townsend	-	Trained spotter reported hail sized 1.25 inches in Townsend.
July 2019	Hail	Winston	-	Trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail near Winston. Pictures and video were provided.
July 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Sheriff's office reports a tree limb down on a power line.
August 2019	Hail	Townsend	-	A member of the public estimated hail size up to 2 inches in diameter. There are reports of house windows broken, car windshields cracked, and vehicles dented. the time of event was estimated.
March 2018	Flood	Townsend	-	Broadwater County Emergency Manager reported widespread snowmelt flooding for valley locations in the county. Water was entering basements of some homes. Some roadways were flooded too.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Radersburg	-	Mesonet Station EKHM8, Elkhorn RAWS - 8 miles west of Townsend. 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Time of event is estimated.
June 2018	Flood	Radersburg	-	Broadwater County Emergency Manager reported flooding along Highway 285. Floodwater was from Crow Creek overflowing its banks.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Mesonet reported thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Thunderstorm outflow winds caused branches to be knocked off trees near the town of Townsend...which fell on nearby power lines...knocking them down. No hail reported...but there was a significant rain shower nearby at the time.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	A thunderstorm gust to 71 mph was reported at Townsend 8W (the Elkhorn RAWS site).
August 2016	Hail	Townsend	-	A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Townsend 11E. Also, a thunderstorm wind gust to 66 mph was reported at Townsend 3WNW.
August 2016	Hail	Winston	-	A thunderstorm dropped 1.5 inch diameter hail at Winston 4NNW.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 62 mph at Townsend 8W. Also, 1.25 inch diameter hail was reported at Townsend.
August 2014	Hail	Placer	-	Hail, measuring 0.75 inches (penny sized), was reported to have damaged sheds and awnings.
July 2014	Hail	Placer	-	Hail, measuring .88 inches (nickel sized), was reported.
June 2013	Flash Flood	Winston	-	Flash flooding was reported in Winston, MT as a result of strong thunderstorms in the area.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Winston	-	Strong winds measuring 74KT (85MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Winston, MT. Trees reportedly stripped of all leaves due to wind.
July 2013	Hail	Toston	-	Hail measuring 1.25 inches (half dollar sized) was reported in Toston, MT.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Winston	-	High winds measuring 59KT (68MPH) were reported 6 miles SE of Winston at the Canyon Ferry Silos.
June 2013	Hail	Winston	-	Severe hail estimated at 1.00 inches (approximately quarter sized) was reported at Goose Bay Marina 8 miles ENE of Winston, MT.
August 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	High winds measuring 50KT (58MPH) were reported 3 miles W of Townsend, MT.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	Strong outflow winds gusted to an estimated 50KT (58MPH) and knocked down up to 20 power poles 1 mile N of Townsend.
June 2011	Hail	Toston	-	A thunderstorm dropped 1 inch diameter hail at Toston 14E.
June 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Winston	-	A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 61 mph at Winston 5SW (the Elkhorn RAWS site).
June 2011	Flood	Winston	-	Emergency declaration made for Broadwater county on 6/8/11. Some homes inaccessible and area roads closed. York Island Park also flooded.
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at Townsend 8W (the Elkhorn RAWS site).
August 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Townsend	-	A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 64 mph at Townsend 7NNW (the Silos Recreation site).
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Winston	-	A thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 72 mph at Winston 1NW.

Mines and quarries

407 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 407 workings inside this county. 20 still produce and 387 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Gold	202
Silver	69
Lead	49
Copper	33
Gold, Silver	16
Silver, Lead	12
Silver, Gold	10
Copper, Silver	9
Tungsten	8
Zinc	8
Lead, Silver	8
Pumice	7
Iron	7
Lead, Zinc	6

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Big Chief	Silver, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer
Blackhawk	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence
Bluebell Group	Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver	Prospect
Boulder Mtn.	Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold	Occurrence	Fluorite
Chartam	Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	Plant	Polymetallic veins
Confederate Gulch, Backer	Lead, Copper, Gold	Producer	Galena, Pyrite
Copper City	Iron, Copper	Prospect	1880
Copper Queen Lode	Gold, Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Crow Creek	Titanium, Iron, Gold	Unknown
Custer Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Molybdenum	Past Producer	1885
Diamond	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper	Prospect
Diamond Hill Mine	Gold, Tungsten, Bismuth, Silver	Past Producer	1877, 1885
Eagle Dump	Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver	Occurrence
Etta	Lead, Gold, Manganese	Occurrence
Fred Bloom Mine	Copper, Silver, Barium-Barite	Past Producer
Gopher	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Independent	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Prospect
Indian Creek Lime Plant	Calcium	Producer
Iron Mask	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Iron Mask Mine	Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Manganese	Past Producer	1905
January Mine	Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1906
January Mine	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Jo Dandy Mine	Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1920
Lame Deer	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Little Joe	Quartz	Unknown
Lower Eureka Creek Prospect	Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Prospect
Marietta Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	1880
Marietta Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1878, 1880
Monterey Mine	Copper, Iron	Prospect
Mount Shasta	Iron, Lead	Prospect	1908
North Home Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Barium-Barite, Manganese	Past Producer	1885
Park	Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead	Producer	Galena, Pyrite
Peter the Great	Iron, Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead	Occurrence
Radersburg	Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver	Producer	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Roadside Prospect	Gold, Zinc, Lead, Copper	Prospect
Rothfuss Iron Mine	Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Iron	Past Producer	1887, 1897
Rowell Group	Gold, Copper, Arsenic	Occurrence
Ruby Silver Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold	Past Producer	Replacement
Ruby Silver Mine	Lead, Zinc, Silver	Past Producer
Santa Anita Mine	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc	Producer	Vein
Sentinel et al. claims	Zinc, Copper, Lead	Occurrence	Galena
Silver King & Queen Mine	Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver	Occurrence
Silver King Lode	Copper, Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Silver Saddle Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Slim Sam Deposit	Gold, Silver, Iron	Occurrence
Spring Hill	Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
Summit	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Unnamed Barite	Barium-Barite	Unknown
Unnamed Location	Silver, Arsenic, Lead, Zinc	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Marble, Dimension	Unknown
Unnamed Quarry	Silica	Past Producer
Vosburg Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Manganese	Past Producer	1933
Weasel Creek	Lead, Antimony, Copper, Silver, Zinc	Prospect
Beaver Creek	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Big Jack Lode	Silver, Gold, Lead	Prospect	Galena, Pyrite
Bluebird Group	Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
Cazier Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Copper King Lode	Copper, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Cross Mine	Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Dobler	Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
East Etta Lode	Silver, Gold, Lead	Prospect	Vein
Gold Bug & Mary Rose Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Hardmore Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
Hyantha	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Indian Creek Lime	Limestone, General	Producer
Iron Mask Mine	Zinc, Lead	Producer	Galena, Sphalerite
Johhny Gulch	Limestone, General	Unknown
Little Brown Egg Thorium	Thorium	Occurrence
Little Olga	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Occurrence
Mountain Dude Lode	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Prospect
New York Lode	Gold, Silver, Zinc	Prospect
Noon & Edna	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Park-New Era	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Unknown
Pearl & Pearl No.2 Claims	Lead, Copper, Zinc	Unknown
Radersburg Quarry	Stone	Past Producer
Santa Anita Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
Silver Nugget	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Prospect
Silver Reef	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver	Occurrence
Stolen Sweets Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer	Vein
Unnamed Location	Thorium	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Clay	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Clay	Occurrence
Unnamed Property	Tungsten, Molybdenum	Prospect
Vermont Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence
Warner Creek Prospect	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper	Prospect
White Gulch	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
Delome Deposit	Gold, Manganese	Unknown
Elgin	Manganese	Prospect
Hummingbird	Gold, Silver, Copper	Unknown
Hyantha Mine	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	1885
January Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper	Past Producer	1867
Josephine and Baby Doe	Manganese	Occurrence
Keating Group	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	1866
North Star Lode	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
North Star Mine	Gold, Lead, Silver	Occurrence	Galena, Sphalerite
Pennsylvania	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Santa Anita Mine	Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Producer	Vein
Stella #2 Lode	Gold, Silver, Copper	Occurrence
Summit	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper	Producer	1887
Black Diamond Carbon Graphitic	Graphite	Producer	1954
Boulder Mtn. Fluorite Deposit	Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold	Occurrence
Carbon Claims	Graphite	Unknown
Cleo	Silver, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
Eureka Creek Divide Prospect	Lead, Zinc, Copper	Prospect
Globe Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead	Occurrence
Greyson Creek Diatomite	Diatomite	Occurrence
Indian Creek	Graphite	Unknown
Kleinschmidt	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Ned Mine	Silver, Copper, Lead	Occurrence
Normandy	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence	Fluorite
Normandy Claims	Fluorine-Fluorite	Unknown
Raspberry Group	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Occurrence
Salt Lick Prospect	Lead, Zinc, Copper	Prospect
Silver Bell	Silver, Copper, Lead	Prospect
Spokane Creek	Diatomite	Unknown
Sullivan Group Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Occurrence
Superior Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc	Occurrence
Twin County	Fluorine-Fluorite	Occurrence
United Minerals Co. Mill	Graphite	Past Producer
Unnamed Location	Diatomite	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Diatomite	Occurrence
Beaver Creek	Titanium, Uranium	Unknown
Cobban Claim	Uranium	Occurrence
Sampson Claims	Uranium	Occurrence
Unknown	Uranium	Occurrence	Stratabound
Unnamed Uranium Occurrences	Uranium	Occurrence
August Rust	Gold, Lead, Zinc	Unknown
Avalanche Creek	Titanium	Unknown
Blue Bird	Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Galena, Sphalerite
Bluebird Mine	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer
Deep Creek	Titanium	Unknown
East Pacific Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Producer	1882
East Pacific Mine	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Hellgate Placer	Titanium	Unknown
Incline Lode	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Jo Dandy Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Kelly No. 1 Mine	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Unknown
Kleinschmidt Mine	Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer	1885
Kolbberg Eureka Lead No. 1	Zinc, Silver, Lead	Prospect
Lorna No. 2 Lode	Silver, Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Magpie Gulch	Titanium	Unknown
North Home	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Santa Anita Claim	Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Galena, Smithsonite
Sulliran and Stewart Claims.	Lead, Zinc	Occurrence	Galena
Valley View Mine	Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Beaver Creek Pumicite	Pumice	Past Producer
Confederate Gulch Tuff	Pumice	Occurrence
Herbert Dunbar	Iron	Prospect
Iron Cross Mine	Iron	Producer
Iron Mine	Iron, Gold	Occurrence
John Polk Pumicite	Pumice	Occurrence
Lupine Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Perry Canyon Ferry Pozzolan	Pumice	Occurrence
Susie S.	Iron, Copper	Occurrence
The Big Deal Mine	Iron	Past Producer
Winston Area Ash No. 1	Pumice	Occurrence
Winston Area Ash No. 6	Pumice	Occurrence
Winston Area Ash No.8	Pumice	Occurrence
Cooney	Gold, Lead, Silver	Unknown
Custer Mine and Mill	Tungsten	Producer
Dolly Boy	Gold, Lead, Silver	Occurrence
Freiburg	Gold, Lead, Silver	Occurrence
Golden Glow	Tungsten	Unknown
Heavystone No. 1 & 2	Tungsten	Unknown
Highland Mary	Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Iron Mass and Golden Glow	Tungsten	Occurrence
Jo Jo Prospect	Tungsten, Silver, Lead	Occurrence
Lee Mountain	Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Little Annie	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Little Fannie Mine	Lead, Zinc	Prospect
Quartette Mine	Gold, Zinc	Occurrence
Silverine and Wasp Lodes	Gold, Lead, Silver	Prospect
Spokane Hills Mill	Tungsten	Past Producer
Spokane Hills Mine	Tungsten	Past Producer
St. Louis	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Sullivan & Stewart	Lead, Zinc	Unknown
Sunrise	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
White	Gold, Lead, Silver	Prospect
White Horse	Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Blue Bucket	Gold, Copper, Silver	Prospect
Buena Vista	Gold, Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Copper City Mine	Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Emil H. Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver	Prospect
Last Chance Prospect	Gold, Copper, Silver	Occurrence
Loomis Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver	Unknown
Midas	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Ohio - Keating Mine	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer	1865, 1885
Pennsylvania Mine	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect	1885
Alice Lode	Lead, Silver, Gold	Unknown
Argo Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper	Past Producer	1900, 1902
Bluebird	Silver, Gold, Lead	Past Producer
Garnet Placer	Silver, Gold	Prospect	1934
Homestead Prospect	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Little Joe	Silver, Gold	Prospect	Vein
Maples Asnd Bridgton Group	Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Sitting Bull	Silver, Gold	Prospect	Galena, Pyrite
Vinyard Copper Mine	Copper, Silver, Gold	Prospect
Bonanza Mine	Silver, Lead	Occurrence	Galena, Limonite, Pyrolusite
Crosscut Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead	Occurrence
Goldbug Group	Silver, Lead	Prospect
Kelly Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead	Prospect
Little Bonanza	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Lode Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Mountain View Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Silver Wave	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Stray Horse	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Stray Horse Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer	1885
Sunshine	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Alberta	Gold, Silver	Prospect	Vein
Alice Lode	Lead, Gold, Silver	Prospect	Vein
Anna Lode	Gold, Silver, Lead	Prospect	Vein
B. H. Castle Property	Lead, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Copper City Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Copper Queen Mine	Copper, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Donald Dee	Copper, Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Erickson=1,2,3 Mine	Lead, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Jack Smart	Gold, Silver	Prospect	Galena, Pyrite
Joe Dandy	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
June Lode	Lead, Gold, Silver	Prospect	Vein
Sunshine Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead	Past Producer	Underground
Virginia Lode	Gold, Silver	Prospect	Vein
Argo	Copper	Past Producer
Conshohocken	Copper	Prospect
Edna #2 Mine	Silver, Copper	Past Producer
Hellgate Claim	Copper	Prospect
Hellgate, Argo	Copper	Producer	Vein
Ideal	Copper	Prospect
Key West	Gold, Copper	Occurrence
Last Hour	Copper	Unknown
Longhorn Claim	Silver, Copper	Prospect
Manager Group	Copper	Past Producer
Mike Finch Claim	Copper	Prospect
Phoenix Mine	Copper, Lead	Occurrence
Rex Claim	Copper	Occurrence
Rothfuss Copper	Copper	Past Producer
Unnamed Location	Copper	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Copper	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Copper	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Gold, Copper	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Copper	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Copper	Occurrence
Whitmire	Copper	Unknown
Winnie Claim	Copper	Prospect
Ace In Hole	Silver, Lead	Occurrence
Bonanza	Lead, Silver	Prospect
Buckeye	Lead, Gold	Unknown
Bullion King	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Central Group	Gold, Lead	Unknown
Congress	Gold, Lead	Past Producer
Daisy	Gold, Lead	Occurrence
Endevour	Silver, Lead	Occurrence
Filson Claims	Lead, Silver	Unknown
Finchville Claim	Lead	Prospect
G W No2 Claim	Gold, Lead	Prospect
Iron Age Group	Gold, Lead	Prospect
Jo Jo	Silver, Lead	Past Producer
Lookout	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Mammouth	Gold, Lead	Unknown
Mcfadgen-Nave Prospect	Silver, Lead	Occurrence
Native Silver	Gold, Lead	Unknown
Parker Group	Silver, Lead	Prospect
Poe Lead Mine	Gold, Lead	Past Producer
Rena	Gold, Lead	Occurrence
Silver Dollar	Lead, Silver	Unknown
Silver Saddle	Lead	Prospect
Viola Mine	Lead	Prospect
Vulture Mine	Lead, Silver	Past Producer
White Gulch Mine	Lead	Unknown
Acme Mine	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Alberta	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Allen	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Blue Granite	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Champion Mine	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Clark	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Eagle Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Eagle Station Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
G W No2 Claim North	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Golden Hope No.1 and No.2 Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Granite Hill #2	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Granite Mountain	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Homestead 2 Placer Mine	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Irish Syndicate Mine	Silver	Prospect
Jumbo	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Lakeview Mine	Silver	Unknown
Liberator Mine	Silver	Occurrence
Little Giant Mine & Mill	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Little Jim No.1-5 Claims	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Lonesome Pine Mine	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Longfellow Creek Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Marietta	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Midas	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Miller	Gold, Silver	Past Producer	Distal disseminated Ag-Au
Monte Christo Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
New Hope	Silver	Past Producer
Patent 2880 Mine	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Pioneer Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Pioneer Mines	Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Ralls Mines	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Santa Clara	Silver, Gold	Occurrence
Sawmill Creek Prospect	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Silver Dike Group	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Silver Dyke No1 Claim	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Silver Star Mine	Silver	Past Producer
Sky Mine	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Snowflake Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Stolen Sweets Mine	Gold, Silver	Unknown
Susie No.1 Claim	Gold, Silver	Prospect
Toronto	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Victoria Group	Gold, Silver	Occurrence
A & E Placer	Gold	Past Producer
A & H Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Avalanche Creek Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Avalanche Gulch	Gold	Prospect
B and B Mine	Gold	Past Producer	1880
Bar Gulch	Gold	Occurrence
Beaver Creek Placer	Gold	Unknown
Black Friday	Gold	Prospect
Blacksmith	Gold	Occurrence
Boulder Creek Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Buckeye Prospect	Gold	Unknown
Buckhorn Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Buzz	Gold	Occurrence
Cement Gulch	Gold	Occurrence
Champion	Gold	Occurrence
Confederate Gulch Placers	Gold	Past Producer	1864
Custer Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Cyclone	Gold	Prospect
Deep Creek Placer	Gold	Unknown
Dewdrop Group	Gold	Occurrence
Diamond City Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Edna #1	Gold	Past Producer
Eureka Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Garnet Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Gold Bug	Gold	Past Producer
Gold Butte	Gold	Unknown
Gold Cross	Gold	Unknown
Gold Dust	Gold	Unknown
Granite Hill No. 1 and No. 2	Gold	Producer
Green & Waddel Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Hard Cash	Gold	Occurrence
Hassel Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Hawkeye	Gold	Past Producer
Hellgate Gulch	Gold	Occurrence
Hidden Treasure	Gold	Occurrence
Homestead	Gold	Unknown
Humphrey Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Indian Creek	Gold	Occurrence
Indian Creek Development	Gold	Past Producer
Indian Creek Placer	Gold	Producer	1860
Indian Creek Placer	Gold	Producer	Placer Au-PGE
Iron Age	Gold	Unknown
Iron Wedge	Gold	Occurrence
Jawbone	Gold	Past Producer
Jebro	Gold	Unknown
Jumbo	Gold	Unknown
Kanoka	Gold	Unknown
Kolberg Mill	Gold	Plant
L and R Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Last Hope Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Lilly Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Linda Jo Placer	Gold	Past Producer	1946
Little Giant # 5805	Gold	Occurrence
Maine-Sullivan	Gold	Unknown
Margaret Claim	Gold	Occurrence
Martha W Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Mc Connell Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Mighty Monarch	Gold	Unknown
Miller	Gold	Past Producer
Missouri River	Gold	Unknown
Montana Gulch	Gold	Occurrence
Nada Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Nary Time Gulch	Gold	Occurrence
North Butte	Gold	Unknown
North Star	Gold	Prospect
Orphan Boy	Gold	Unknown
Palmer Engh Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Paymaster Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Pioneer Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Poe Lead Portable Screening	Gold	Past Producer
Quartzite Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Queen Bee Mine	Gold	Occurrence
Radersburg Mill	Gold	Plant
Rainbows End	Gold	Unknown
Ready Cash Gulch	Gold	Occurrence
Sadie	Gold	Past Producer
Satellite	Gold	Unknown
Shabert	Gold	Unknown
Shep	Gold	Past Producer
Simpson	Gold	Prospect
Snowshoe Prospect	Gold	Prospect
Spokane Mine	Gold	Unknown
Thompson Gulch	Gold	Occurrence
Townsend Mine	Gold	Past Producer
Townsend Project	Gold	Past Producer
Unnamed Location	Gold	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Gold	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Gold	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Gold	Occurrence
Unnamed Location	Gold	Occurrence
V.C. #2 Placer	Gold	Occurrence
Vossourg	Gold	Unknown
W. A. Clark	Gold	Unknown
White City Placer	Gold	Unknown
White Creek	Gold	Past Producer	1865, 1959
White Creek District	Gold	Past Producer	1865

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Barker

Townsend East census division · 59644 · On Clear Creek · Diamond City quadrangle

15 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Bedford

Townsend West census division · 59644 · Near Kalamazoo Gulch · Townsend quadrangle

17 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Brewer

Townsend East census division · 59643 · Toston quadrangle

15 sheets, 1886 to 1986
Canton

Townsend East census division · 59644 · On Gurnett Creek · Townsend NE quadrangle

16 sheets, 1886 to 1986

No longer a settlement
Copper City

Townsend West census division · 59752 · Three Forks quadrangle

20 sheets, 1888 to 1992
Crow Creek City

Townsend West census division · 59643 · Near Keating Gulch · Parker quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1986

No longer a settlement
Deep Creek

Townsend East census division · 59644 · Near Diamond Gulch · Holker quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 2001

No longer a settlement
Diamond City

Townsend East census division · 59644 · Near Greenhorn Gulch · Diamond City quadrangle

15 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Eustis

Townsend West census division · 59643 · Logan quadrangle

21 sheets, 1888 to 1992
Hassel

Townsend West census division · 59644 · On West Fork Indian Creek · Giant Hill quadrangle

17 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Holker

Townsend East census division · 59644 · On Greyson Creek · Holker quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Lombard

Townsend East census division · 59643 · On Sixteenmile Creek · Lombard quadrangle

14 sheets, 1886 to 1986
McMullan

Townsend West census division · 59644 · On Sheep Creek · Giant Hill quadrangle

17 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Noble

Townsend East census division · 59644 · On Clear Creek · Diamond City quadrangle

15 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Parker

Townsend West census division · 59643 · Near Keating Gulch · Parker quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 1986
Radersburg

Townsend West census division · 59643 · Near Uncle Johnnys Gulch · Radersburg quadrangle

19 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Three Forks Junction

Townsend West census division · 59752 · Three Forks quadrangle

20 sheets, 1888 to 1992
Toston

Townsend East census division · 59643 · On Sixmile Creek · Toston quadrangle

15 sheets, 1886 to 1986
Townsend

Townsend East census division · 59644 · On Indian Creek · Townsend quadrangle

17 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Whites City

Townsend East census division · 59644 · Near Johnnies Gulch · Whites City quadrangle

15 sheets, 1886 to 2001
Winston

Townsend West census division · 59647 · Winston quadrangle

17 sheets, 1886 to 2001

The vanished settlements of Broadwater County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.