Bannack, Montana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clark Canyon-Horse Prairie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. It lies near Hangmans Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bannack quadrangle.
On record in Bannack
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Griffith HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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
- 1952 USGS Bannack quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Bannack quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bannack between 1994 and 2020, burning about 593 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | BANNACK |
| 1 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead County | BLUE DOT MINE |
| 1 August 2020 | Natural | 188 acres | Central Land Office | BON ACCORD |
| 27 July 2017 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Dillon Field Office | MAGPIE |
| 23 July 2019 | Natural | 151 acres | Dillon Field Office | BANNACK |
| 23 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 11 July 1994 | Natural | 250 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BADGER PASS |
| 27 June 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Dillon Field Office | COLD CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 88 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 88 workings within 5 miles of Bannack: 46 past producers, 23 occurrences, 11 prospects, 5 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bannack District | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1862 | |
| Blue Wing | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Wing District | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Manganese | Past Producer | 1864 | |
| Charter Oak Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Charter Oak Mine | Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cottontail Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Manganese | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Del Monte Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | 1865 | |
| Del Monte Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Excelsior Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Bismuth, Manganese, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1902 | |
| Excelsior Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bannack in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Bannack | - | Mesonet station bspm8 site uscrn. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yankee Flat (historical) | 0.2 miles | 19 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Frenchie Place | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ermont Mill | 8.4 miles | 18 | |
| Argenta | 10.8 miles | 19 | |
| Grant | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grayling | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Dalys | 12.6 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bannack | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q806862 | 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 802010. 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.
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.








