Four Range, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59635. The Survey maps it on the East Helena quadrangle.
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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Helena Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Helena and Vicinity quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS East Helena quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Canyon Ferry Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS East Helena quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS East Helena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Four Range between 1992 and 2020, burning about 900 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Land Office | CAIRN LN |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | EAST VALLEY |
| 6 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central Land Office | EAST VALLEY |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | HWY 282 MA |
| 14 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | DAHL DR MA |
| 11 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | I-15 MM186 |
| 9 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Four Range: 11 past producers, 10 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) East Helena Lead Smelter | Lead, Smelter, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Asarco Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Aurora Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Bompart Homestead | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| C. E. S. Ballard, Etal | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Clark Lead | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Dry Gulch | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| East Helena Plant Asarco | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Easy Money Group | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Helena Slag Dump | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Helena | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| Helena | 5.8 miles | 30 | |
| Evergreen Court | 6.5 miles | 28 | |
| Kenwood (historical) | 7.7 miles | 30 | |
| Lakeside | 8.2 miles | 19 | |
| Broadwater | 8.5 miles | 30 | |
| Unionville | 8.8 miles | 30 | |
| Dotsonville (historical) | 9.0 miles | 30 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122593261 | 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 800809. 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.











