Big Foot, Montana
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59632. It stands on Shedhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ratio Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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 Boulder quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Boulder quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Ratio Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Ratio Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
29 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Big Foot (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4,417 acres in total. 18 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 | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ELDER CREEK |
| 5 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | STATE CREEK |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LITTLE WHITETAIL |
| 9 August 2000 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | STATE CK |
| 29 August 2020 | Natural | 4,400 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | STATE CREEK |
| 29 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BEAVER PLACE |
| 22 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BEAVER CREEK |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Big Foot (historical): 17 past producers, 7 occurrences, 6 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Uranium, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Foot (State Creek) District | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | REPLACEMENT VEINS, PLACER | |
| Boulder Mercury Group | Lead, Mercury, Uranium, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Last Chance | Gold, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Lost Cabin Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Mountain Queen Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Uranium | Past Producer | 1939, 1956 | |
| Mountain Queen Mine | Copper, Uranium, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Nickelodeon | Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Uranium | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Powellite, Scheelite, Tenorite | |
| North Whitetail Basin Granite Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| State Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Replacement Vein | |
| State Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley (historical) | 7.2 miles | 28 | |
| Boulder | 7.9 miles | 28 | |
| Fuller | 9.9 miles | 30 | |
| Rieder | 10.3 miles | 29 | |
| Kyle | 11.1 miles | 29 | |
| Paul Place | 11.5 miles | 15 | |
| Basin | 11.8 miles | 28 | |
| Blazing Place | 11.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762516. 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.












