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Elk Park, Montana

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Spruce Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bison Canyon quadrangle.

Elk Park within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Elk Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 717 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural8
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2012Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestNEZ PERCE
26 September 2011Natural15 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSHEEPSHEAD
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHAYSTACK MOUNTAIN
24 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCLUNEY
24 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
3 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSHAMROCK
25 August 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreJefferson County225 MUSKRAT
24 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBISON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Elk Park: 11 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Gold, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Butte-Elk Park Extension MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Bismuth, ArsenicProducerVein
Columbia MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Elk Park DistrictLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, AntimonyPast ProducerVEIN, SHEAR ZONE
Eureka MineSilver, Copper, Lead, GoldPast ProducerVein
Eureka MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Montana No. 1 LodeLead, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Golden GateGold, Silver, CopperProspect1895
Lag LodeGold, Silver, CopperProspect1895
Lowland DistrictSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerVEIN, SHEAR ZONE, PLACER
Ruby MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1875, 1885

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Trask4.9 miles28
Bernice6.7 miles28
Woodville8.7 miles28
Basin9.3 miles28
Fuller11.2 miles30
Big Foot (historical)12.1 miles28
Pappas Place13.4 miles15
Leadville13.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 783110. 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.