BlockEast Portal, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59867. The Survey maps it on the Lookout Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Saltese quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Lookout Pass quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Lookout Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of East Portal between 1992 and 2017, burning about 22 acres in total. 26 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 | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BRIMSTONE |
| 21 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | OLENTANGE CREEK #16 |
| 20 September 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BORAX PILE |
| 19 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | ST. COPPER |
| 19 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | LOOP CREEK 8 |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COPPER GULCH |
| 13 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | MOSS CREEK |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | RANDOLPH CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of East Portal: 20 occurrences, 10 past producers, 5 unknowns, 5 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon - Dixie Mine | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Gold, Silver | |
| Amazon-Dixie Mine | Copper, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Big Elk | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Big Elk Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Silver | |
| Crown Silver Group | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Hoodoo Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Hoodoo Property | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Monitor | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Monitor Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1885, 1892, 1977 | |
| North Star Prospect | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | 1896 |
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.
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 East Portal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19881083 | 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 782947. 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.