Buxton, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59750. It lies near Powder Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle.
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
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Buxton between 1996 and 2020, burning about 312 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUTH FORK RESEVOIR |
| 28 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | RED GATE |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUP CAN |
| 31 July 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LONE TREE |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BUXTON |
| 16 July 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | POWDER GULCH |
| 1 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ROCKY RIDGE |
| 6 May 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CLUSTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Buxton: 8 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, REE, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Deposit Near Miles Crossing | Aggregate, Light Weight | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Gavin Placer | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | ||
| Gavin Placer | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gold Chief Lode | Copper | Prospect | 1936 | |
| Mooney Claim | Uranium, Antimony | Occurrence | 1952 | |
| Mooney Claim | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Powder Gulch | Titanium, Iron, REE, Thorium, Zirconium | Prospect | ||
| Prices Gulch | Gold, Tungsten, REE, Thorium | Occurrence | ||
| Prices Gulch Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Bow Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sciuchetti Place | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Butte-Silver Bow (balance) | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ramsay | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Feely | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Bow | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Miles Crossing | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Nissler | 5.6 miles | 23 | |
| Durant | 6.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802068. 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.









