Happy Haven, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Whitefish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59937. It stands on Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitefish quadrangle.
On record in Happy Haven
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Great Northern Railway Passenger and Freight Depot and Division Officelisted 2002 · 0.1 miles away
Lockridge Medical Cliniclisted 2012 · 0.3 miles away
First Presbyterian Church of Whitefishlisted 2004 · 0.4 miles away
Ray E. Taylor Houselisted 1990 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:125000
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Whitefish quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Whitefish quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Whitefish quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Happy Haven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | LION MTN |
| 7 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | WOODS LAKE |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | HIDEAWAY |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | HELLROARING CREEK |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | HIDDEN VALLEY |
| 4 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northwestern Land Office | FISH HOUSE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Happy Haven: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Micho Mine | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Kaolinitic Clay | Clay | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitefish | 0.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ramsey (historical) | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Vista | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Round Prairie | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Halfmoon | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lazy Day Court | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Big Sky Colonial Manor | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| La Salle | 8.6 miles | 11 |
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 Q122588439 | 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 1795858. 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.







