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Clark, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Philipsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59858. It stands on Frost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Philipsburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clark within Granite County

On record in Clark

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

41 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Clark (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
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
12 September 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFRANKLIN FIRE
1 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
1 September 2004Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 August 2020Naturalunder an acreGranite CountyGRANITE
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBATHHOUSE CREEK
4 August 1994Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreButte Field OfficeFRED BURR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 163 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 163 workings within 5 miles of Clark (historical): 90 past producers, 37 unknowns, 26 occurrences, 5 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Gold, Silver, Manganese. 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
Algonquin MineSilver, Manganese, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1865, 1878
Cadgie Taylor MineSilver, Zinc, Silica, Copper, Gold, Lead, Barium-BariteProducerArgentite, Cerargyrite, Chlorargyrite
Cadgie-Taylor MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Cliff MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Contact Mining Custom MillGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Copper Jack MineCopper, Iron, GarnetOccurrence
Dissett MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, AluminumPast Producer1920, 1949
Franklin Hill Iron DepositSilica, Manganese, IronPast Producer1900, 1904
Gem MineSilver, Manganese, Gold, Copper, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Arsenic, AntimonyPast ProducerReplacement Vein
Hobo MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1884, 1892

Every working recorded in Granite 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
Philipsburg1.0 miles15
Granite2.3 miles17
Rumsey2.6 miles15
Porters Corner5.2 miles15
Echo Lake (historical)6.0 miles16
Corral8.3 miles16
Princeton9.4 miles16
Maxville10.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1781859. 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.