Fishtrap, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Anaconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59762. It stands on Fishtrap Creek. The Survey maps it on the Foolhen Mountain quadrangle.

Fishtrap within Deer Lodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Foolhen Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1994 USGS Wisdom quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Foolhen Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Fishtrap between 1994 and 2018, burning about 46,689 acres in total. 6 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	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Smoking	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
26 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	PONY CREEK
16 September 2000	Natural	2.5 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	TOOMEY RIDGE FIRE
20 August 2018	Natural	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
2 August 2016	Natural	4.1 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	EAST FORK
14 August 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	FISHTRAP ROAD
31 July 2000	Natural	46,681 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	MUSSIGBROD
24 July 1997	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	WALKER CREEK
23 July 2003	Natural	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	CALVERT HILL

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fishtrap: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Beryllium, Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Calvert Red Buttons Mine	Tungsten, Beryllium	Producer	Contact Metasomatic
Unknown Prospect	Molybdenum	Prospect
White Cap Mine	Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Tungsten	Past Producer	Vein
White Cap Mine	Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tungsten	Prospect
Calvert	Tungsten	Past Producer	1956

Every working recorded in Deer Lodge 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
French Gulch (historical)	11.6 miles	12
French Town	13.4 miles	15
Silver Lake (historical)	20.6 miles	16
Gold Coin (historical)	20.8 miles	16
Sunnyside	20.9 miles	21
Stump Town	21.7 miles	16
West Valley	22.2 miles	16
Cable City (historical)	22.3 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 783466. 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.