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Crescent City, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Superior census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59872. It stands on Sunrise Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lozeau quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Crescent City within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Crescent City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 26,648 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural74
Debris and open burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking3
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National Forest2ND SECOND CREEK
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestCOLEMANS CORNER
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestEASTFALL
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestCOLEMAN'S CORNER
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSUNRISE CR
19 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreLolo National ForestDUMP FIRE
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestMICAYUNE GULCH 2
16 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSAND GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Crescent City (historical): 12 past producers, 6 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite, Lead, Silver, Gold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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
Bonanza GroupGold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Bonanza Group MineGold, Silver, Copper, Barium-Barite, LeadProspect1955
Quartz Creek Silica Rock DepositSilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Trout CreekSilver, GoldProducerPlacer
Van Ness MineCopper, GoldOccurrence
Big Nugget PlacerGoldPast Producer
Coleman PlacersGoldOccurrencePlacer
Gildersleeve PlacerGoldPast Producer
High Channel PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Highbar PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Quartz2.7 miles8
Lozeau3.7 miles8
Westfall3.8 miles8
Tarkio5.3 miles9
Riverbend5.7 miles8
Amador (historical)7.8 miles8
Cedar Mouth (historical)7.9 miles8
Oliverville8.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1781672. 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.