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Homestake, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Lion Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Homestake quadrangle.

Homestake within Jefferson 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

167 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Homestake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 4 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 ceremony108
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
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
21 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJUNCTION
2 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDOG POND
2 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Homestake: 22 past producers, 13 occurrences, 6 prospects, 5 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, 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
Big Chief MineSilver, GoldPast ProducerVein
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

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homestake in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019HailHomestake-Trained spotter reports quarter sized hail falling and affecting travel on nearby Montana Highway 2.
July 2017HailHomestake-Resident on Z Bar T Road reported hail smaller than golf balls, but larger than quarters. Damage included tree branches down and dents over the surface of camper. Wind was not overly strong.
May 2007HailHomestake-Ham radio operator report. Hailed for several minutes with hail penny to quarter-sized.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Pappas Place4.3 miles15
Welch5.1 miles15
Donald5.5 miles15
Paul Place9.0 miles15
Woodville9.1 miles28
Pipestone9.7 miles15
Pipestone Hot Springs9.8 miles15
Cedric10.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 784971. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.