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Coloma, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Seeley Lake-Blackfoot Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59823. It lies near Melhorn Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Union Peak quadrangle.

Coloma within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Coloma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 122 acres in total. 53 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
Natural53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreMissoula Field OfficeSOUTHERN CROSS SPRIN
4 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeSANTA PAWS
26 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 September 1998Naturalunder an acreButte Field OfficeWASHOE CK.
25 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
20 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeUB STUMP
13 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMissoula Field OfficeCOPPER CLIFF
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeANDERSON HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 110 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 110 workings within 5 miles of Coloma: 61 past producers, 21 occurrences, 21 unknowns, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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
Big Horn Calcium QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blue Bell MineCopper, Gold, Silver, ArsenicPast Producer1957
Blue Moon MineTungsten, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Coloma DistrictBarium-Barite, Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, AntimonyPast Producer1897
Copper Cliff DistrictCopper, Gold, Silver, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1891
Copper Cliff MineCopper, Gold, Silver, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1890
Dandy MineGold, Silver, Uranium, ZincOccurrence
Elk Creek Barite MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincProducer1951
Elk Creek DistrictGold, Barium-BaritePast Producer1886
Fairview MineGold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tellurium, Barium-Barite, BismuthPast ProducerBismuth, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Silver, Tetrahedrite

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Yreka2.9 miles19
Copper Cliff4.6 miles16
Greenough5.9 miles19
Barite7.7 miles19
Sunset8.0 miles19
Clearwater10.8 miles14
Potomac10.9 miles17
Iris15.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770040. 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.