Highland City, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It stands on Wood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Humbug quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Mount Humbug quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Mount Humbug quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Highland City (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HIGHLAND |
| 17 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LITTLE CAMP CREEK |
| 17 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 9 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LIMEKILN#1 |
| 6 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LIME KILN |
| 5 August 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LIMEKILN 2 |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 60 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Highland City (historical): 39 past producers, 11 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Cat Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Butte Highlands Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1866, 1867 | |
| Day and Harvey Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1867 | |
| Denny Prospect | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| Elkhorn-Buckhorn Claims | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Highland View Claim | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | 1931 | |
| Limestone Occurrence | Garnet, Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Moose Creek | Limestone, General | Unknown | ||
| Moose Creek-Fish Creek Traverse | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Overlook | Garnet, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Limestone, General, Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mountain (historical) | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Royston (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Moose Town | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Janney | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Nine-mile | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Newcomb | 8.5 miles | 17 | |
| Johnson | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Highview | 9.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797848. 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.









