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Bald Butte, Montana

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59633. It stands on Bald Butte. The Survey maps it on the Greenhorn Mountain quadrangle.

Bald Butte within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

38 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Bald Butte between 1994 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning4
Firearms and explosives 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
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
3 September 2008Naturalunder an acreButte Field OfficeLOST HORSE CREEK
28 September 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestPRIEST PASS
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeDRUMLUMMON
10 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTURK
7 August 1998Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestGREENHORN CR.
31 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestUPPER DOG CREEK 2
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestTHOMPSON FLAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Bald Butte: 33 past producers, 11 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 5 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten. 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
Bald Butte MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, MolybdenumPast ProducerPolymetallic veins
Bell Boy MineGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1888
Bell Boy MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Cruse MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerPolymetallic veins, Au-Ag
Dog Creek MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Drumlummon MineGold, Silver, Beryllium, LeadPast Producer
Esmeralda HillPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumUnknown
EurekaGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Guerin LodeCopper, Lead, Silver, GoldOccurrence1926
Little OxLead, Silver, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Gloster2.7 miles21
Marysville3.0 miles21
Ferris (historical)3.2 miles24
Belmont (historical)4.6 miles23
Atlantic City (historical)5.7 miles22
Skyline6.0 miles23
Canyon Creek7.1 miles21
Weed7.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 800378. 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.