Cable City, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Anaconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. The Survey maps it on the Silver Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1908 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Cable City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | STORM LAKE FLUME |
| 8 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 6 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUTHERN CROSS |
| 5 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | SOUTHERN CROSS |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | RAINBOW POINT |
| 29 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GRIZZLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 153 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 153 workings within 5 miles of Cable City (historical): 61 occurrences, 58 past producers, 24 unknowns, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable Mine | Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Arsenic, Antimony | Past Producer | 1866, 1867, 1957 | |
| Cameron Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Silica | Unknown | ||
| Carbonator Prospect | Silver, Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Champaign Lode Claim | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | 1905 | |
| Flint Creek Mine | Gold, Silver, Bismuth, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Foster Creek Limestone Bluff's Sample | Limestone, High Calcium | Occurrence | 1960 | |
| Garrett Mine | Gold, Manganese, Bismuth | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Coin Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Golden Eagle Mine | Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Johnson Basin District | Tungsten, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, Dolomite, Limestone, High Calcium | Past Producer | 1906 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Cross (historical) | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Georgetown | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Lake (historical) | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Gold Coin (historical) | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Stump Town | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| West Valley | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyside | 12.7 miles | 21 | |
| Lost Creek | 13.8 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1786417. 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.







