Garnet, Montana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Drummond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59832. It lies near Anaconda Hill. The Survey maps it on the Elevation Mountain quadrangle.
On record in Garnet
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 1 record
- Garnet Historic Districtlisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 19 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.
- 1919 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Elevation Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Garnet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 71 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 | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DEEP CREEK |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Missoula Field Office | SOUTHERN CROSS SPRIN |
| 26 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | WASHOE CK. |
| 25 September 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 17 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Missoula Field Office | ELEVATION MOUNTAIN |
| 16 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DRY MULKEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 127 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 127 workings within 5 miles of Garnet: 68 past producers, 27 occurrences, 25 unknowns, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker and Sullivan Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Producer | Galena | |
| Big Horn Calcium Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blue Moon Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Coloma District | Barium-Barite, Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | 1897 | |
| Dandy Mine | Gold, Silver, Uranium, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Elk Creek Barite Mine | Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1951 | |
| Elk Creek District | Gold, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | 1886 | |
| Fairview Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tellurium, Barium-Barite, Bismuth | Past Producer | Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Silver, Tetrahedrite | |
| Fairview Mine | Gold, Silver, Bismuth | Unknown | ||
| First Chance (Garnet) District | Gold, Tungsten | Producer | SKARN |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garnet in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Hail | Garnet | - | This particular thunderstorm developed off the outflow boundary from a previous severe storm affecting Missoula and Powell Counties. The FBAN on the Anderson Hill Fire reported large hail and heavy rain had fallen on the fire. In fact, he said sufficient hail had fallen to cover the ground white. The storm continued to Monture Ranger Station where a ranger reported 2 hail and damage to vehicle windscreens (unknown number of vehicles). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stump Town (historical) | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Beartown | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Springtown | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Top O'Deep | 4.2 miles | 19 | |
| Bearmouth | 7.9 miles | 20 | |
| Ozan | 10.0 miles | 19 | |
| Byrne | 10.3 miles | 20 | |
| Bradman | 10.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771716. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







