Broadwater, Montana
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59601. It lies near Mount Helena. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.
On record in Broadwater
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 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Charles A. Broadwater Houselisted 2008 · 0.2 miles away
Appleton House No. 13listed 1982 · 0.9 miles away- Williams Street Bridgelisted 2006 · 0.1 miles away
- Stedman Foundry and Machine Companylisted 1996 · 0.6 miles away
- Western Clay Manufacturing Companylisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 30 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 quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Helena Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Helena and Vicinity quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Broadwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,624 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 4 were 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | TUCKER GULCH/ |
| 7 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Central Land Office | FORT HARRISON |
| 6 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | ROCKY PINE |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | TOBIN MA |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Central Land Office | HIDDEN VALLEY MA |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | SUNNY VISTA |
| 30 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central Land Office | RODNEY RIDGE |
| 30 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | GLORY HOLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 117 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 117 workings within 5 miles of Broadwater: 57 past producers, 27 occurrences, 17 unknowns, 9 producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird Mine | Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Blue Cloud | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Cloud District | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Tin, Tungsten | Past Producer | VEIN, TACTITE, DISSEMINATED | |
| Bluebird Co | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Colorado Gulch Deposit | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Franklin Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Silica, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Gold | |
| Franklin and Sam Gaty | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Helena District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Tungsten, Arsenic, Marble, Dimension, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1864 | |
| Helena Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Hopeful Mine | Lead, Gold, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Lead, Mimetite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broadwater in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broadwater | - | Personal weather sensor measured a 62 mph gust. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Broadwater | - | Trained spotter reported 1.09 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Broadwater | - | Mesonet station ts911 Helena 3sw raws - Portable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dotsonville (historical) | 0.5 miles | 30 | |
| Kenwood (historical) | 0.9 miles | 30 | |
| Seven Mile (historical) | 2.1 miles | 28 | |
| Tobin | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Helena | 2.8 miles | 30 | |
| Blue Cloud (historical) | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Unionville | 4.3 miles | 30 | |
| Park City | 4.5 miles | 30 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 800501. 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.














