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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.

Buxton within Silver Bow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

11 since 1996

Regional 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
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1

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 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSOUTH FORK RESEVOIR
28 August 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRED GATE
5 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSOUP CAN
31 July 1996Natural1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLONE TREE
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBUXTON
16 July 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPOWDER GULCH
1 July 2001Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestROCKY RIDGE
6 May 1998Railroad operations and maintenance40 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCLUSTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clay Deposit Near Miles CrossingAggregate, Light WeightOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Gavin PlacerFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Gavin PlacerClayUnknown
Gold Chief LodeCopperProspect1936
Mooney ClaimUranium, AntimonyOccurrence1952
Mooney ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Powder GulchTitanium, Iron, REE, Thorium, ZirconiumProspect
Prices GulchGold, Tungsten, REE, ThoriumOccurrence
Prices Gulch ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Silver Bow PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Sciuchetti Place3.2 miles14
Butte-Silver Bow (balance)4.1 miles16
Ramsay4.5 miles23
Feely4.8 miles16
Silver Bow4.8 miles23
Miles Crossing4.8 miles23
Nissler5.6 miles23
Durant6.8 miles21

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.