Corbin, Montana
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59638. It stands on Comet Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson City quadrangle. It stands 4,775 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 29 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Boulder quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Corbin between 1994 and 2020, burning about 12,564 acres in total. 46 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 | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | NORTH MAIN |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | CORBIN |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 14 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | STAGECOACH |
| 27 September 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | under an acre | Central Land Office | KADY |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | CLANCY CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 151 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 151 workings within 5 miles of Corbin: 65 past producers, 30 prospects, 26 occurrences, 16 unknowns. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alahambra District | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Zinc, Silica, Uranium, Arsenic, Molybdenum | Past Producer | 1921, 1957 | |
| Alice Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Alta Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silica, Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Banner Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver | Producer | Unknown | |
| Beaverton Ranch | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Bertha | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bertha Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | 1917 | |
| Big Chief | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Big Chief Mine Golconda | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | 1958 | |
| Black Jack Mine | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver | Producer | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corbin in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Hail | Corbin | - | A member of the public reported hail estimated to be the size of quarters (1 inch Diameter) near Park Lane. hail was covering the ground. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson City | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Wickes | 3.1 miles | 29 | |
| Portal | 4.2 miles | 29 | |
| Glenbeg (historical) | 4.6 miles | 30 | |
| Amazon | 4.8 miles | 29 | |
| Alhambra | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| New Haven (historical) | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Lewiston (historical) | 7.0 miles | 19 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Corbin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16951595 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 781665. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












