BlockBlackfoot City, Montana
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59713. It lies near Illinois Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Ophir Creek 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
12 surveys from 24 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 Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Avon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ophir Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Ophir Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Blackfoot City (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 12 acres in total. 11 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 | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | THREE MILE CREEK |
| 26 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GEORGIA CREEK |
| 2 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HOWARD'S DAM |
| 15 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | MITCHELL CREEK |
| 13 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Missoula Field Office | CARPENTER CREEK |
| 12 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | NEVADA MOUNTAIN |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | BLACK MOUNTAIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Blackfoot City (historical): 29 past producers, 13 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 3 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bunblebee | Copper, Gold, Tungsten, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Butterfly | Gold, Copper, Silver, Antimony | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Coon's Tungsten | Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Fairview Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Jack Pine Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Little Daisy Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Little Daisy Mine | Gold, Antimony, Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Ophir District-Montana | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| Potratz Prospect | Gold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Scheelite, Silver | |
| Price Group Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quigley | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| McGillvary | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| McDonald | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Avon | 6.6 miles | 24 | |
| Keiley | 9.2 miles | 22 | |
| Elliston | 10.2 miles | 24 | |
| Bradley (historical) | 10.2 miles | 23 | |
| Finn | 10.3 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 800473. 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.