BlockCastle Town, Montana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Martinsdale-Ringling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59053. It stands on Castle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castle Town quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1897 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1898 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
- 1902 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Castle Town quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Ringling quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Castle Town quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Castle Town between 1994 and 2008, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | PARK SPRINGS |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | RATTLER CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 42 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Castle Town: 21 past producers, 12 prospects, 6 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Mine | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Blackhawk-Alice Property | Silver, Lead, Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | 1896 | |
| Broadway | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Iron | Prospect | 1900 | |
| Castle Mountain | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Manganese | Past Producer | 1864, 1888, 1961 | |
| Castle Mtn | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese | Producer | Contact Metamorphic | |
| Cumberland Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1886, 1888 | |
| Etta Claim | Iron, Silver | Prospect | 1888 | |
| Hidden Treasure Claim | Lead, Silver, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Iron Chief | Manganese, Lead, Iron, Silver | Past Producer | 1888, 1890 | |
| Yellowstone Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | 1886 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robinson | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Bruno | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Loweth | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Lennep | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Hamen | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Moss Agate | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Higgins | 11.0 miles | 19 | |
| Checkerboard | 11.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122558403 | 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 806915. 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.