Fairmont Hot Springs, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It stands on Whitepine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Opportunity quadrangle. It stands 5,128 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Anaconda quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Opportunity quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Opportunity quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Fairmont Hot Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 31 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 19 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WILLOW CREEK |
| 15 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Central Land Office | RESERVOIR FIRE |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 14 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HIGH RYE |
| 14 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fairmont Hot Springs: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregson Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Silver Bow Placer | REE | Unknown | ||
| Tuxedo Mine | Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Beal Dyke Placer | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Crackerville Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| P & L Mine | Silver | Prospect | ||
| S and N Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Silver Bow Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | 1864 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregson | 0.3 miles | 21 | |
| Finlen | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hackney | 1.2 miles | 21 | |
| Durant | 1.8 miles | 21 | |
| Miles Crossing | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Ramsay | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Sciuchetti Place | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Silver Bow | 8.0 miles | 23 |
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 Fairmont Hot Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104603363 | 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 784327. 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.











