BlockBirch Creek, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59732. It lies near Greenstone Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Glen 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
9 surveys from 17 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
- 1960 USGS Glen quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Glen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Birch Creek (historical) between 1994 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BARBER GULCH |
| 9 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead County | RANCH |
| 10 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CANYON GULCH |
| 19 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | LOVERS LEAP COMPLEX |
| 21 June 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CALL MOUNTIAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Birch Creek (historical): 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Copper, Garnet, Molybdenum, Gold, Manganese, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glowworm and Greenhorn | Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Gob Claims | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Greenstone Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | Powellite, Scheelite | |
| Laura Mine | Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Queen Property | Copper, Gold, Manganese, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| South Greenstone Gulch | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Tungsten,Molybdenum,Garnet | Tungsten, Garnet, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Tungsten,Molybdenum,Garnet | Tungsten, Garnet, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Fairview | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Glow Worm | Tungsten, Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apex | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Glen | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Navy | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sodak Mill | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bond | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Argenta | 12.0 miles | 19 | |
| Dillon | 13.9 miles | 14 | |
| East Bench (historical) | 13.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797111. 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.