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Highview, Montana

15 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 lies near Passmore Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Homestake quadrangle.

Highview within Silver Bow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Highview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony110
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE WILLIE
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOMESTAKE 3
5 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOMESTAKE
29 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPOWER
28 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE BLACKTAIL
2 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDOG POND
2 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
17 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Highview: 20 past producers, 15 occurrences, 6 prospects, 5 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Flagg PlacerSilica, Gold, REE, ZincPast ProducerPlacer
Gold Bug MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1911
IreneGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Lena MineGold, LeadUnknown
Mountain Cheif MineSilver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerVein
Pay Rock MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer1932
Pay Rock MineSilver, Gold, CopperUnknown
ShortyGold, Silver, CopperProducer
ShortyCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Sun LodeFullers EarthProspect1920

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Nine-mile2.4 miles15
Skones3.5 miles15
Janney3.8 miles15
Newcomb5.0 miles17
Floral Park5.8 miles15
Columbia Gardens6.3 miles28
Silver Bow Park6.7 miles28
East Butte7.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 784876. 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.