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Cavetown, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Wolf Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59602. It lies near Cave Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Canyon Ferry quadrangle.

Cavetown within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Cavetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 47,805 acres in total. 50 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
Natural50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Recreation and ceremony26
Debris and open burning21
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficePINE MEADOW
9 September 2003Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestOREGON GULCH #3
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTWIN PEAK
5 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficeOVERLOOK #2
5 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestJIMTOWN
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeLAKE POINT

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 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Cavetown: 13 past producers, 8 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Sapphire, Lead. 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
Copper QueenCopper, Zinc, LeadUnknown
French Bar PlacerSapphire, GoldProducer
French Bar PlacerSapphire, Gemstone, GoldProducer
French Bar UnderwaterGemstone, SapphireProducer
Hellgate PlacerTitaniumUnknown
Korizek MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadUnknown
Old Amber MineGold, SilverOccurrence
Sunrise LodeGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Unnamed ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Vinyard Copper MineCopper, Silver, GoldProspect

Every working 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
Daytown (historical)0.5 miles18
Canyon Ferry0.9 miles18
York5.4 miles19
Lakeside7.3 miles19
Vista10.2 miles14
East Helena12.2 miles21
Nelson12.6 miles16
Four Range13.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1789217. 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.