BlockContact, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59052. It stands on Froze-to-Death Creek. The Survey maps it on the McLeod Basin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Mc Leod Basin quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 2000 USGS Mc Leod Basin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Contact between 1994 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | GREEN |
| 21 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FULLER- |
| 10 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 8 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FROZE |
| 20 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FIR |
| 18 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | GREAT FALLS |
| 17 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | WHISPER |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Contact: 23 prospects, 12 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Nickel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blakely Cliffs | Chromium, PGE | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Boulder River Ni-Cu Riverside | Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, PGE, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Boulder River Nickel Prospect | Nickel, Cobalt, Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Eve Group Moonlight Group | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Majestic & Flora B Claims | Palladium, Platinum, Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Majestic and Flora B Claims | Platinum, Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Nicon | Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Gold, Silver, PGE | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Red Fox Mine | Gold, Silver, Iron | Past Producer | 1950 | |
| Eve Group | Copper, Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Gish Mine | Chromium, Nickel, Copper | Past Producer | 1918 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woods Place | 13.0 miles | 19 | |
| Elton | 13.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dahl Place | 13.8 miles | 18 | |
| Minnie Rahn Place | 14.1 miles | 18 | |
| Lazy Day (historical) | 15.3 miles | 23 | |
| Shaw Place | 15.5 miles | 18 | |
| Springdale | 15.9 miles | 18 | |
| Urback Place | 16.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 781593. 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.