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Keystone, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Superior census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59872. It lies near Pack Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Keystone Peak quadrangle.

Keystone within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Keystone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,687 acres in total. 114 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
Natural114
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestEAST PARDEE
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestPENINSULA
6 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestSPRING GULCH
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestFLAT CREEK
4 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestFLAT TIRE
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestPOWERMILL
28 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLolo National ForestI-90 MM 42
27 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreLolo National ForestTAMI DRIVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Keystone: 14 occurrences, 10 past producers, 9 unknowns, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Lead, Zinc, Gold. 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
Darby Mining and Milling Co.Gold, SilverOccurrence
East Coeur D'Alene SilverCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Glen Metals Mining Co. MineSilver, Lead, AntimonyOccurrence1887
Hopkins MineSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Hopkins MineSilver, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
Iron Mask MineLead, Silver, Copper, ZincOccurrenceVein
Iron MountainZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Iron Mountain MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer1889
Iron Mtn.Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProducerBoulangerite, Galena, Sphalerite
Keystone MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Hopkins3.5 miles8
Spring Gulch3.5 miles8
Superior5.8 miles8
Toole6.1 miles12
Oliverville6.7 miles8
Amador (historical)7.3 miles8
Cedar Mouth (historical)7.3 miles8
Saint Regis9.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 785703. 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.