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Como, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Darby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59840. It lies near Spring Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Darby quadrangle.

Como within Ravalli County

On record in Como

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 1 record

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 17 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Como between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,480 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 1 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
Natural38
Recreation and ceremony33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning7
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreRavaIIi CountyD2 - MUTUAL AID - COAL MINE RD
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestLOST HORSE DAM
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestSTELLA
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestJERRY FIRE
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestCAMAS 2
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi CountyE MILES AVE
3 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestLOST HORSE
29 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBitterroot National ForestOLD CAMAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Como: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Thorium, Lead, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron. 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
Bitterroot Valley Stone QuarryMarble, DimensionProducer
Lost Horse CreekTitanium, ThoriumUnknown
Slate Creek MineLeadOccurrenceVein
Victor Placer AreaTitanium, Metal, Thorium, IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ravalli 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
Gorus1.9 miles17
Charlos Heights2.5 miles16
Ward4.4 miles16
University Heights4.4 miles17
Darby4.6 miles17
Holtet Court4.7 miles17
Curdys Cove7.9 miles16
Grantsdale8.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 781547. 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.