BlockBowman Place, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Virginia City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59710. It stands on North Fork Greenhorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Home Park Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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 Home Park Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Home Park Ranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bowman Place between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1,251 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MEADOW FORK |
| 28 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HOLLOW |
| 25 August 2018 | Natural | 13 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 12 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 204 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BARRETTS |
| 2 July 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Dillon Field Office | DRY HOLLOW |
| 18 May 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | TIMBER CREEK FIRE |
| 21 April 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,033 acres | Central Land Office | SNOWCREST/ROBB |
| 5 November 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | JASMINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 54 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Bowman Place: 35 occurrences, 11 prospects, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Gold, Copper, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branzell and Eby Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Greenhorn Claim | Talc-Soapstone, Graphite | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Silver Mountain | Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Uranium King Lode | Gold, Silver, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Williams Phosphate Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1928, 1953 | |
| Doubtful Claim | Talc-Soapstone, Chlorite | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Ruby Claims | Talc-Soapstone, Chlorite | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Silver Bell | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Ledford Road Pumicite | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hale Place | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Tate Place | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Reeder Place | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ball Place | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Leonard Place | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Leary Place | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sweetwater (historical) | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Campbell Place | 8.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 780319. 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.