La Hood Park, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59721. It stands on Jefferson Slough. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson Island quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Jefferson Island quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Jefferson Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Jefferson Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of La Hood Park between 1998 and 2020, burning about 653 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Madison County | 84 |
| 29 August 1998 | Natural | 120 acres | Central Land Office | GREER GULCH |
| 29 August 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LAHOOD |
| 28 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Jefferson County | NFIRS INCIDENT #612 |
| 22 August 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CAVERNS |
| 17 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Jefferson County | 202067 |
| 2 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Jefferson County | 6033 |
| 9 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 330 acres | Madison County | ANTELOPE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of La Hood Park: 9 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardwell Clay Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Hope | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Jefferson Canyon Phosphoria | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Prospect | ||
| Limespur Quarry | Limestone, High Calcium | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Prospector's Dream | Asbestos | Prospect | ||
| Surprise Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Butte Cardwell | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Calico Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Cardwell Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hope Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardwell | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Sunlight | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Whitehall | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Renova | 11.2 miles | 15 | |
| Piedmont | 11.3 miles | 15 | |
| Tippet Place | 14.7 miles | 15 | |
| Valley (historical) | 15.7 miles | 28 | |
| Pipestone Hot Springs | 16.6 miles | 15 |
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 Q122547328 | 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 785870. 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.











