Granite, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Philipsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59858. It lies near Franklin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fred Burr Lake quadrangle.
On record in Granite
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Miners Union Halllisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away- Superintendent's Houselisted 1974 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1908 USGS Philipsburg 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
- 1971 USGS Fred Burr Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Fred Burr Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Granite between 1994 and 2020, burning about 298 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | FRANKLIN FIRE |
| 1 September 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Granite County | GRANITE |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | TOWERS |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 4 August 1994 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Butte Field Office | FRED BURR |
| 3 August 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 198 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 198 workings within 5 miles of Granite: 108 past producers, 43 unknowns, 34 occurrences, 7 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Manganese, Gold, Silver, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algonquin Mine | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | 1865, 1878 | |
| Billie Goat Mine | Copper, Silver, Zinc, Antimony | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Billie Goat Prospect | Chromium, Antimony | Occurrence | ||
| Cadgie Taylor Mine | Silver, Zinc, Silica, Copper, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite | Producer | Argentite, Cerargyrite, Chlorargyrite | |
| Cadgie-Taylor Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cliff Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Contact Mining Custom Mill | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Jack Mine | Copper, Iron, Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Dissett Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1920, 1949 | |
| Franklin Hill Iron Deposit | Silica, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1900, 1904 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumsey | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Clark (historical) | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Philipsburg | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Echo Lake (historical) | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Porters Corner | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Princeton | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Tungsten | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Maxville | 10.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 784158. 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.







