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Goldcreek, Montana

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59733. It stands on Carten Creek. The Survey maps it on the Griffin Creek quadrangle. 9 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,196 feet above sea level.

Goldcreek within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Goldcreek between 1992 and 2015, burning about 466 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficePHOSPHATE
9 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeELK PEN
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeWILLOW CREEK
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGOUGH CREEK
4 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
29 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeCLARK FORK RIVER
27 August 2010Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGOUGH CREEK 2
2 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCARTEN CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Goldcreek: 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Silver, Brick Clay. 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
Big Sky Ready Mix SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay Deposit Near HaskellBrick ClayOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Clay Deposit Near Hoover CreekBrick ClayOccurrenceCalcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Hematite, Illite, Kaolin, Quartz
Pioneer District-MontanaGold, SilverPast Producer1852
Valley Concrete Pit No 1SilverPast Producer
Dry Gulch Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrencePumice
Perkins Creek Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrencePumice
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
China BarGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Powell 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
Dutton1.5 miles23
Wall City3.0 miles23
Brock Creek4.0 miles22
Lingenpolter4.3 miles23
Jens4.3 miles20
Pioneer5.5 miles23
Sharkeyville (historical)6.2 miles22
Garrison7.6 miles22

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.

Wikipedia article on GoldcreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q107366049The 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 784073. 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.