Diamond City, Montana
15 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 Greenhorn Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Diamond City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Diamond City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Canyon Ferry Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Diamond City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Diamond City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. 9 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SPRING GULCH |
| 12 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SLOUGH CREEK |
| 25 August 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | WHITE'S BONFIRE |
| 19 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | WHITES GULCH |
| 13 August 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | BALDY |
| 31 July 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | CONFEDERATE GULCH |
| 29 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SPRING GULCH |
| 15 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Diamond City: 12 past producers, 12 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Copper, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Mtn. | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Boulder Mtn. Fluorite Deposit | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Confederate Gulch, Backer | Lead, Copper, Gold | Producer | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Eagle Dump | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Hummingbird | Gold, Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Miller | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Distal disseminated Ag-Au | |
| Sulliran and Stewart Claims. | Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Sullivan & Stewart | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Superior Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| White Gulch | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whites City | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Barker | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Noble | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Canton (historical) | 13.3 miles | 16 | |
| Winston | 15.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bedford | 17.5 miles | 17 | |
| Deep Creek (historical) | 19.0 miles | 19 | |
| Townsend | 19.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782354. 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.







