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Chinatown, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clark Canyon-Horse Prairie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. It stands on Colorado Creek. The Survey maps it on the Three Eagles Peak quadrangle.

Chinatown within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

7 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Chinatown between 1999 and 2018, burning about 37 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
25 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHARKNESS
14 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestKADLETZ
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreDillon Field OfficeJEFF DAVIS
19 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestNOBLE
3 July 2017Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHARKNESS CREEK
20 June 2008Natural36 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCOW CAMP
8 November 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Chinatown: 7 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold. 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
Doodle BugSilver, GoldOccurrence1934
Doodle BugGold, SilverOccurrence
H & S MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProspect
H and S MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast ProducerGalena, Hematite
Hand S. Leasing Co.Lead, ZincOccurrenceGalena
Lucky Strike MineGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Maiden Creek Copper MineCopperOccurrence
Maiden Creek Copper MineCopperProspect
Raven No. 28CopperProspect
Brenner Placer MineGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Beaverhead 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
Grant11.0 miles11
Hildreth16.2 miles12
Armstead (historical)18.6 miles10
Red Rock20.0 miles10
Yankee Flat (historical)21.8 miles19
Bannack21.9 miles19
Centerville (historical)22.0 miles19
Grayling22.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 781239. 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.