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Echo Lake, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Philipsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Echo Lake within Granite County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Echo Lake (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 306 acres in total. 14 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
Recreation and ceremony31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural14
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
6 September 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSOUTHERN CROSS
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeFLINT CREEK
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRAINBOW POINT
29 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGRIZZLY
24 September 2002Smokingunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
23 September 2018Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestWARM SPRINGS
23 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeTRAVELER'S HOME #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 102 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 102 workings within 5 miles of Echo Lake (historical): 46 past producers, 37 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cable MineGold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1866, 1867, 1957
Champaign Lode ClaimSilver, Lead, Zinc, CopperOccurrence1905
Flint Creek MineGold, Silver, Bismuth, TelluriumPast Producer1906
Garrett MineGold, Manganese, BismuthPast Producer
Gold Coin MineGold, Silver, Copper, PlatinumPast Producer1898
Golden Eagle MineGold, Silver, Tellurium, BismuthPast Producer1906
McKay AditLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Mickey Lode ClaimSilver, Gold, Manganese, BismuthProducer1946
Montana MineGold, Antimony, Copper, IronPast Producer
New Hope LodeGold, Silver, LeadOccurrence1903

Every working recorded in Granite 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
Porters Corner3.6 miles15
Rumsey4.1 miles15
Granite5.9 miles17
Clark (historical)6.0 miles15
Philipsburg7.0 miles15
Corral9.2 miles16
Tungsten11.2 miles16
Princeton13.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1781825. 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.