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Larchwood, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59874. It stands on Trout Creek. The Survey maps it on the Larchwood quadrangle.

Larchwood within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Larchwood between 1992 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 9 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
Natural18
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 2011Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestGALENA
7 September 2007Smoking6.0 acresKootenai National Forest20 ODD
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestBLUE SLIDE
22 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreKootenai National ForestSWAMP CREEK
21 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestGRAVEL PIT #3
20 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestGRAVEL PIT #2
2 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National ForestWATER GULCH
18 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKootenai National ForestPOWERLINE #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Larchwood: 7 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper. 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
Gold Lode Mining Co.Gold, SilverOccurrence
Ruth VGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Ruth V. ClaimLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceVein
White Penny LodeCopper, SilverProspect
Four Up GroupCopperOccurrence
Four Up GroupCopperProspectVein
Four Up GroupCopperUnknown
Sid ClaimCopperProducerVein
Sid ClaimCopperPast Producer
Brende DepositGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sanders 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
Trout Creek1.8 miles13
Tuscor5.0 miles12
Childs9.0 miles9
White Pine10.7 miles13
Noxon12.9 miles12
Talc13.6 miles13
Smead (historical)16.9 miles14
Belknap17.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 785963. 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.