BlockLeadville, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59631. The Survey maps it on the Sugarloaf Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Deer Lodge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Sugarloaf Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Sugarloaf Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Leadville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SARATOGA MOUNTAIN |
| 8 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | RED ROCK |
| 7 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 6 August 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | OROFINO CAMPFIRE |
| 4 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ELECTRIC |
| 21 August 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | COTTONWOOD |
| 20 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 19 August 2015 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PETERSON CREEK |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Leadville: 20 past producers, 16 prospects, 7 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Cadmium, Arsenic | Past Producer | Galena, Lead | |
| Blue - Eyed Maggie Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1897, 1910 | |
| Bonanza Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1895, 1960 | |
| Emery Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| Kirby Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Leadville Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Leadville Nos. 1 and 2 Claims | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Arsenic, Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| Matheson | Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Minnesota Prospect | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Pollock | Manganese | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 786011. 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.