BlockChampion, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Warm Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59722. It lies near Gospel Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lockhart Meadows 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
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Lockhart Meadows quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Lockhart Meadows quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Champion (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SARATOGA MOUNTAIN |
| 29 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | FOUR CORNERS |
| 22 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CATTLE GUARD |
| 6 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | OROFINO CAMPFIRE |
| 25 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 20 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 2 August 1996 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | NORTH FORK |
| 19 August 2015 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PETERSON CREEK |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 37 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Champion (historical): 22 occurrences, 7 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Copper, Sapphire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion Silver Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Chromium, Antimony | Past Producer | Pyrargyrite | |
| Chicken Hawk Claims | Cobalt, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Dry Cottonwood Placer | Gold, Corundum, Gemstone | Producer | Gold | |
| Matchless Lode | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | Gold | |
| Mystery | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Oro Fino | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Gemstone | Past Producer | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite | |
| Sand Hollow | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Unidentified Occurrence | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Arsenic, Cadmium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown Ag Mine Dry Cottonwood Creek | Silver, Antimony, Chromium, Arsenic | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unknown Ag Mine E of S Fork Cottonwood Creek | Silver, Arsenic, Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galen | 8.6 miles | 21 | |
| Warm Springs | 9.8 miles | 21 | |
| Morel | 10.0 miles | 21 | |
| Fredrickson (historical) | 11.3 miles | 21 | |
| Stuart | 14.1 miles | 21 | |
| Opportunity | 14.3 miles | 21 | |
| Crackerville | 15.5 miles | 21 | |
| Mine Creek | 16.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1786413. 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.