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Copper City, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Townsend West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59752. The Survey maps it on the Three Forks quadrangle.

Copper City within Broadwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Copper City between 2004 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresBroadwater CountyEUSTICE
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBroadwater County277
31 July 2004Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSQUAW CREEK
10 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin County201036
7 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin County201011
27 April 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broadwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Copper City: 7 occurrences, 6 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Copper, Silver, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Limestone, General. 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
Copper CityIron, CopperProspect1880
Copper City MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Copper King LodeCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Copper Queen LodeGold, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Herbert DunbarIronProspect
New York LodeGold, Silver, ZincProspect
Pennsylvania MineCopper, Silver, GoldProspect1885
Silver King LodeCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Trident Cement QuarryLimestone, General, ClayPlant
Copper City MineCopper, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Broadwater 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
Eustis4.4 miles21
Three Forks Junction6.3 miles20
Lombard11.8 miles14
Brewer13.4 miles15
Parker14.0 miles19
Crow Creek City (historical)14.1 miles19
Toston14.4 miles15
Radersburg15.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770084. 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.