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Canyon Creek, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59633. It lies near Demijohn Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Canyon Creek quadrangle. 47 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,347 feet above sea level.

Canyon Creek within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 129 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeDRUMLUMMON
31 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficePAPER CUP
29 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeJANICE
24 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficeCHEVALIER CUTOFF
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined105 acresCentral Land OfficeCHEVALLIER RANCH
22 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
20 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeBIG PINE TREE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Canyon Creek: 24 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, 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
Big Ox MineLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Cruse MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast ProducerPolymetallic veins, Au-Ag
Drumlummon MineSilver, Gold, Manganese, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer1876
Drumlummon MineGold, Silver, Beryllium, LeadPast Producer
Little OxLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Oro Fino MineSilver, MolybdenumPast Producer
Sieben Ranch QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerLimestone
Big OxZinc, LeadProspect
Calumet MineGold, ManganesePast ProducerGold
Calumet MineGold, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Storms near this place

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canyon Creek in 8 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2019Thunderstorm WindCanyon Creek-Public reported a shed was damaged and displaced 10-yards by outflow. Photos were provided.
May 2018HailCanyon Creek-Spotter reported quarter-size hail 1-mile NNW of Canyon Creek as a cluster of thunderstorms moved through.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCanyon Creek-Peak wind gust measured by a spotter near Canyon Creek.
July 2009HailCanyon Creek-A thunderstorm dropped 1.75 inch diameter hail at Canyon Creek 7SE.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindCanyon Creek-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 60 mph at Canyon Creek 8S.
May 2007HailCanyon Creek-A severe thunderstorm dropped .75 inch diameter hail at Canyon Creek N.
May 2007HailCanyon Creek-Hail covering ground.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCanyon Creek-A severe thunderstorm produced a 65 mph wind gust and 0.50 inch hail near Canyon Creek.

Every storm recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Trinity (historical)3.5 miles20
Marysville4.2 miles21
Gloster5.0 miles21
Silver City6.1 miles20
Strom6.4 miles20
Wilborn6.8 miles20
Bald Butte7.1 miles23
Atlantic City (historical)8.2 miles22

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 Canyon CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17514250The 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 806908. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.