Eight Mile, Montana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Stevensville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59833. It stands on Granite Creek. The Survey maps it on the Davis Point 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
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1903 USGS Bonner quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Cleveland Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Davis Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Davis Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Eight Mile (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,196 acres in total. 32 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Bitterroot National Forest | 3-MILE GAME RANGE |
| 17 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 12 September 1996 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Southwestern Land Office | WOODCHUCK |
| 1 September 2009 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Southwestern Land Office | RED QUILL |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Eight Mile (historical): 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite, Copper, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clipper | Aluminum | Occurrence | ||
| Eight Mile District | Gold, Silver, Copper, REE, Molybdenum | Past Producer | FISSURE VEINS, PLACER | |
| Red Rock Creek | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Whaley Copper | Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Whaley Mining Claims | Barium-Barite, Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Barite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| White Cloud | Iron, Gold | Unknown | ||
| White Cloud Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1866 | |
| Whaley | Barium-Barite, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Placer Mine | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Three Mile Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bitterroot Pines | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Florence | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bitter Root (historical) | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Sweeney Creek (historical) | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kenspur | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bitterroot Court | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Stevensville | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Apple Blossom Court | 11.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1803092. 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.








