Holker, Montana
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Townsend East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59644. It stands on Greyson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Holker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Duck Creek Pass quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Townsend quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Holker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Holker quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Holker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 276 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 28 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Field Office | NG 11 |
| 25 September 1994 | Smoking | 246 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MISSOURI RIVER |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 8 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Broadwater County | DAVIS |
| 31 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.6 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 31 July 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | DIAMOND GULCH MA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Holker: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Diatomite, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greyson Creek Diatomite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Heavystone No. 1 & 2 | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| L and R Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| United Minerals Co. Mill | Graphite | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Townsend | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Deep Creek (historical) | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Toston | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bedford | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Crow Creek City (historical) | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Parker | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Brewer | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Radersburg | 9.1 miles | 19 |
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 Q122541547 | 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 772471. 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.








