BlockDeep Creek, Montana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Townsend East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59644. It lies near Diamond Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Holker quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Duck Creek Pass quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Holker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Holker quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Deep Creek (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Field Office | NG 11 |
| 10 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 462 acres | Central Land Office | COTTONWOOD |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 15 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Broadwater County | DOWNING |
| 13 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Broadwater County | WENZEL |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Broadwater County | DAVIS |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | DIAMOND GULCH MA |
| 20 July 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Deep Creek (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Graphite, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Creek Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Greyson Creek Diatomite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| United Minerals Co. Mill | Graphite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsend | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Holker | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Bedford | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Canton (historical) | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Toston | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Brewer | 12.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hassel | 12.9 miles | 17 | |
| Crow Creek City (historical) | 13.8 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762206. 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.