BlockBall Place, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Virginia City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59710. It stands on Sage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Metzel Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Metzel Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ball Place between 1994 and 2010, burning about 1,237 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DOE RIDGE |
| 12 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 204 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BARRETTS |
| 21 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,033 acres | Central Land Office | SNOWCREST/ROBB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Ball Place: 17 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Pumice, Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Chlorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Aluminum Deposit | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Doubtful Claim | Talc-Soapstone, Chlorite | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Ruby Claims | Talc-Soapstone, Chlorite | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Greenhorn Creek - South Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Idaho Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Idaho Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice Deposite | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Doubtful Claim | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Place | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sweetwater (historical) | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hale Place | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Burdick Place | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bowman Place | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kingrey Place | 5.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fries Place | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Tate Place | 9.4 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122553504 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 768482. 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.