Frontier Town, Montana
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59601. The Survey maps it on the MacDonald Pass quadrangle.
On record in Frontier Town
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Thomas P. Regan Cabinlisted 2003 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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
- 1959 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Mac Donald Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Macdonald Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Frontier Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 499 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 40 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | DEER CR |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | MIKE RENIG |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | PORCUPINE |
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | BLOSSBURG |
| 25 September 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BULLS EYE |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MACDONALD PASS |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | PRIEST PASS |
| 23 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | MAC PASS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Frontier Town: 9 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Dimension, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bell Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite | |
| Bluebell Mine | Gold, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Claystone Deposit West of Blossburg | Kaolin | Occurrence | Feldspar, Illite, Quartz | |
| Dog Creek | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Elliston Quarry | Limestone, Ultra Pure | Producer | Limestone | |
| Elliston Quarry | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Limestone Occurrence | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Sawmill Creek Prospect | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed | Clay | Unknown | ||
| White Rabbit | Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Heights | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Skyline | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Austin | 5.8 miles | 26 | |
| Weed | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Rimini | 6.4 miles | 29 | |
| Blue Cloud (historical) | 8.0 miles | 26 | |
| Ferris (historical) | 9.5 miles | 24 |
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 Q122593126 | 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 800819. 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.











