Hildreth, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Clark Canyon-Horse Prairie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. The Survey maps it on the Tepee Mountain quadrangle.

Hildreth within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1955 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Morrison Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1958 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Leadore quadrangle1:100000
1987 USGS Tepee Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1997 USGS Tepee Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hildreth between 1994 and 2020, burning about 6,356 acres in total. 4 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	4
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
30 August 1995	Natural	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	ELLIS PEAK
26 August 2000	Natural	2.0 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	DIVIDE
20 August 1994	Natural	under an acre	Butte Field Office	CRAVER CR
20 July 2000	Natural	1.0 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	INDIAN CREEK
3 November 2012	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	MORRISON LAKE
30 October 2020	Recreation and ceremony	6,352 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	SOURDOUGH

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hildreth: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Gold, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Big Bear Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium	Prospect
S.S. & R. Mine	Gold, Zinc, Lead	Past Producer
S.S. S R. Mine	Gold, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Sweeney Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Vein
Sweeney Mine	Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Beaverhead 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nicholia (historical)	14.0 miles	10
Chinatown	16.2 miles	10
Kidd	17.3 miles	11
Dell	18.4 miles	12
Red Rock	19.2 miles	10
Armstead (historical)	22.2 miles	10
Grant	22.7 miles	11
Lima	23.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794867. 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.