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Coolidge, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Big Hole Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59762. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn Hot Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Coolidge within Beaverhead County

On record in Coolidge

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

10 surveys from 13 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

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Coolidge (historical) between 1993 and 2016, burning about 3 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
27 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestYANK MOOSE
7 August 2002Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCRYSTAL PARK
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCOOLIDGE
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDAVID CREEK
26 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral Land OfficeGRASSHOPPER FIRE
24 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestWELLMAN
23 August 1997Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCLARK CREEK
13 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Coolidge (historical): 16 past producers, 12 prospects, 8 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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
Boston and Montana GroupSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Comet GroupSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerTetrahedrite
Crystal ParkMolybdenum, Titanium, MetalOccurrence1979
Elkhorn Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Elkhorn MineSilver, Lead, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer1872
Elkhorn MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, TungstenPast Producer1873, 1900
Guy MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, MolybdenumPast Producer1891
Guy MineCopper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Jacobson MeadowsMolybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead, TinOccurrence1978
Lively MineCopper, Zinc, LeadProspect

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
Elkhorn0.0 miles13
Elkhorn Hot Springs4.5 miles13
Maverick Mountain6.0 miles13
Polaris9.4 miles12
Lion City (historical)10.1 miles18
Gloss Place15.4 miles9
Ermont Mill16.6 miles18
Argenta17.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797321. 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.