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Floral Park, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It stands on Basin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Homestake quadrangle.

Floral Park within Silver Bow County

On record in Floral Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Floral Park between 1996 and 2019, burning about 2 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
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony3

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
4 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPENNY
26 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestELK PARK
23 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMARY EMMEE
7 July 2002Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLUCKY STRIKE
30 July 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLUCKY
22 July 2011Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHANEY
2 July 2016Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSADDLE ROCK
9 June 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestEAST RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 302 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 302 workings within 5 miles of Floral Park: 164 past producers, 53 prospects, 43 occurrences, 21 producers. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ajax MineSilica, Copper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Alice MineSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Manganese, BerylliumPast Producer1960
Belmont MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, ArsenicPast Producer1957
Black Rock MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, ManganeseProducerRhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite
Bullwhacker MineMolybdenum, CopperOccurrence
Butte DistrictLead, Zinc, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold, Tellurium, Sulfur, Cadmium, Selenium, Calcium, BismuthProducer1880
Butte, Veins (Anaconda)Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Cadmium, Manganese, Zinc, Lead, Selenium, TelluriumPast Producer1875, 1880, 2000
Carver TailingsCopper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, GoldOccurrence
Carver TailingsGold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Cr 1StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Silver Bow Park1.0 miles28
East Butte1.8 miles28
Columbia Gardens2.1 miles28
Skones2.3 miles15
McQueen2.4 miles28
Butte2.5 miles23
Pioneer2.5 miles23
Meaderville2.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 783550. 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.