Divide, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59727. It stands on Divide Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tucker Creek quadrangle. It stands 5,384 feet above sea level.
On record in Divide
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Big Hole Pumpstationlisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Tucker Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Tucker Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Divide between 1992 and 2020, burning about 336 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DAM FIRE |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 acres | Silver Bow County | TUCKER CREEK |
| 12 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Beaverhead County | DIVIDE |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SHEEP GULCH |
| 6 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | NEZ PIERCE |
| 30 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SAWMILL |
| 3 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LAMARCHE GULCH |
| 27 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Divide: 11 past producers, 6 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hole Syncline | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, REE, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Hill Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gold Dust Claim | Silver | Producer | Vein | |
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Occurrence | Calcium, Stone, Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension, Magnesite | Unknown | ||
| Lower Moose Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Maiden Rock Silica | Stone | Producer | ||
| Brown Claim Group | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Brown Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Canyon Creek Quarry | Silica | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Divide in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Hail | Divide | - | A trained spotter reported nickel sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maiden Rock | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Quinn | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Johnson | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Woodin | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Melrose | 8.9 miles | 17 | |
| Feely | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Moose Town | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Butte-Silver Bow (balance) | 11.5 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Divide | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14704541 | 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 782400. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









