Coughlin, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helmville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59843. It lies near Mineral Hill. The Survey maps it on the Marcum Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 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 Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Marcum Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Marcum Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Coughlin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 15 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | MINERAL HILL |
| 10 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Missoula Field Office | ARRASTRA CREEK |
| 5 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 4 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DRY CREEK |
| 30 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | TRAPPER MOUNTAIN |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | KLEINSCHMIDT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Coughlin: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Brick Clay, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Deposit Along the Blackfoot River | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Unknown | |
| Marcum Hill Mines | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Marcum Hill Mines | Lead, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Royal Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Moose Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Raleigh Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Wasson Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helmville | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Geary | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Ovando | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mannix | 14.7 miles | 21 | |
| Finn | 17.6 miles | 22 | |
| Keiley | 18.7 miles | 22 | |
| Reynolds City | 19.3 miles | 19 | |
| Sharkeyville (historical) | 21.1 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 798949. 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.










