Gearing, Montana
26 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 59602. It stands on Threemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austin quadrangle.
On record in Gearing
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.
- Gehring Ranchlisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Austin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Gearing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 719 acres in total. 23 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 | 36 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Central Land Office | HIDDEN VALLEY MA |
| 4 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Butte Field Office | SUNNY VISTA |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | SHARPTAIL |
| 27 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | THE INCIDENT |
| 2 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 614 acres | Central Land Office | BIRDS EYE |
| 14 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | SMOKING GUNN |
| 9 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | SILVER CR. |
| 8 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Central Land Office | HEAD LANE #3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 66 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Gearing: 42 past producers, 15 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Deposit Near Silver Creek | Clay | Occurrence | Chlorite, Quartz | |
| Clay Deposit Northwest of Scratchgravel Hills | Brick Clay | Occurrence | Shale | |
| Come Again and Crown Group | Gold, Silica, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Come Again and Crown Groups | Gold, Silver, Silica | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Elizabeth Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Arsenic | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Lead, Mimetite | |
| Ella Mine | Gold, REE, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Crown | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Crown Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Antimony | Past Producer | 1893 | |
| Guy Silver Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hematite Iron Mine | Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver City | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Birdseye | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Iron | 4.3 miles | 28 | |
| Tobin | 5.5 miles | 28 | |
| Trinity (historical) | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Seven Mile (historical) | 6.2 miles | 28 | |
| Evergreen Court | 7.7 miles | 28 | |
| Weed | 7.9 miles | 23 |
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 Q122572928 | 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 800837. 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.











