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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1908 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Georgetown Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Georgetown Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUTHERN CROSS |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | FLINT CREEK |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | RAINBOW POINT |
| 29 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GRIZZLY |
| 24 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 23 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | WARM SPRINGS |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | TRAVELER'S HOME #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 102 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cable Mine | Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Arsenic, Antimony | Past Producer | 1866, 1867, 1957 | |
| Champaign Lode Claim | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | 1905 | |
| Flint Creek Mine | Gold, Silver, Bismuth, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Garrett Mine | Gold, Manganese, Bismuth | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Coin Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Platinum | Past Producer | 1898 | |
| Golden Eagle Mine | Gold, Silver, Tellurium, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| McKay Adit | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Mickey Lode Claim | Silver, Gold, Manganese, Bismuth | Producer | 1946 | |
| Montana Mine | Gold, Antimony, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| New Hope Lode | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | 1903 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porters Corner | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Rumsey | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Granite | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Clark (historical) | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Philipsburg | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Corral | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tungsten | 11.2 miles | 16 | |
| Princeton | 13.8 miles | 16 |
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.







