BlockAnselmo, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Big Butte. The Survey maps it on the Butte North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Anselmo
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 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Orphan Girl, Mineyard HeadframeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.9 miles away
Charles W. Clark Mansionlisted 1976 · 0.4 miles away
W. A. Clark Mansionlisted 1970 · 0.4 miles away
U. S. Post Officelisted 1979 · 0.4 miles away
Shaffer's Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 2018 · 0.8 miles away- Parrot Mine Shops Complexlisted 2007 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Anselmo (historical) between 1996 and 2011, burning under an acre in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ELK PARK |
| 17 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HAIL COLUMBIA |
| 20 May 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | COLUMBIA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 332 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 332 workings within 5 miles of Anselmo (historical): 182 past producers, 57 prospects, 44 occurrences, 25 unknowns. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Mine | Silica, Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Alice Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Manganese, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1960 | |
| Belmont Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Best Hope Mine | Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Best Hope Mine | Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Black Rock Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Manganese | Producer | Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite | |
| Bull Moose | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Bullwhacker Mine | Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Butte District | Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold, Tellurium, Sulfur, Cadmium, Selenium, Calcium, Bismuth | Producer | 1880 | |
| Butte, Veins (Anaconda) | Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Cadmium, Manganese, Zinc, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1875, 1880, 2000 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Butte | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Pioneer | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Allendale (historical) | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| North Walkerville (historical) | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Walkerville | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Butchertown (historical) | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Stringtown (historical) | 1.7 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797806. 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.