Crackerville, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Anaconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. The Survey maps it on the Opportunity quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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
- 1961 USGS Anaconda quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Opportunity quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Opportunity quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Crackerville between 1992 and 2017, burning about 59 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | OPPORTUNITY |
| 6 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HIGH RYE |
| 14 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 11 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Crackerville: 5 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Hot Springs | Geothermal, Iron | Producer | ||
| Beal Dyke Placer | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Clay Deposit Near the Tuxedo Mine | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Tuxedo Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Crackerville Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gregson Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| S and N Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart | 1.5 miles | 21 | |
| Opportunity | 3.2 miles | 21 | |
| Staton | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Mill Creek | 4.9 miles | 21 | |
| Mine Creek | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Morel | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Warm Springs | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Anaconda | 8.5 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122538828 | 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 781831. 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.











