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Bull Lake, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59935. It stands on Payne Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ibex Peak quadrangle.

Bull Lake within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Bull Lake between 1994 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 3 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
Natural48
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestROSS VIEW
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestNORTH DRY
28 September 2006Natural1.0 acresKootenai National ForestSOUTH FORK PILE
23 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresKootenai National ForestCAMP CREEK
22 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreKootenai National ForestBARNES AND NOBLE
21 September 2007Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestROSS CEDAR
16 September 1995Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestHIDDEN PAYNE
14 September 2009Natural35 acresKootenai National ForestVERDUN CREEK

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bull Lake: 5 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Silver, Copper, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Bird MineSilverProspect
Bull Lake ProspectNickelUnknown
J.F. ClaimsCopper, SilverProspect
J-F (Ross Point, Lower Ross Creek)Silver, CopperUnknown1976
TroySilver, Copper, LeadProducer1963, 1981
Daniel LeeLead, CopperProspect
Spar Lake ProspectCopperProspectSedimentary
TrioLead, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Kootenai Falls14.2 miles14
Troy15.1 miles14
Green Acres17.9 miles14
Libby18.0 miles14
Pioneer Junction18.2 miles14
White Haven18.5 miles14
Yakt21.6 miles9
Ripley22.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806636. 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.