Butte-Silver Bow (balance), Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59750. It lies near Feeley Hill. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle. It stands 5,817 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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
- 1961 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Buxton quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Buxton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Butte-Silver Bow (balance) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 320 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUTH FORK DIVIDE CREEK |
| 9 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUTH FORK RESEVOIR |
| 3 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | WELL HIDDEN |
| 28 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CLIMAX |
| 19 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LITTLE BEEF TRAIL |
| 12 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CURLY |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUP CAN |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BUXTON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Butte-Silver Bow (balance): 4 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: REE, Gold, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Chief Lode | Copper | Prospect | 1936 | |
| Climax | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Climax Apex Lode Group | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Cerargyrite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stephanite | |
| Climax Apex Lode Group | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Lame Rabbit Lode | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | 1931 | |
| Price Placer | REE | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Rae Occ | REE | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Rare Earths | REE | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feely | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Buxton | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sciuchetti Place | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Woodin | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Bow | 7.0 miles | 23 | |
| Nissler | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Ramsay | 7.3 miles | 23 | |
| Newcomb | 7.4 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Butte-Silver Bow (balance) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q49347613 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2409652. 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.









