Lion City, Montana
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59743. It lies near Cleve Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Mount Tahepia quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Lion City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Hecla Houselisted 2005 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Vipond Park quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Mount Tahepia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Mount Tahepia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Lion City (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 16 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CHARCOAL KILN |
| 27 August 1994 | Natural | 10 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 2 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | GREEN LAKE |
| 19 August 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SAND LAKE |
| 16 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CHERRY CREEK |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | WAUKENA |
| 14 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ABUNDANCE |
| 11 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | TRAPPER MINE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Lion City (historical): 20 past producers, 12 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Four Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Producer | ||
| Big Four Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cannivan Gulch Prospect | Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Occurrence | 1900 | |
| Cleopatra Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Hecla District | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Manganese | Producer | 1872, 1873, 1965 | |
| Hecla Mines | Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Past Producer | Polymetallic Veins | |
| Keokirk Mountain Prospect | Gold, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| New Ariadne Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| New Atlantis Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Old Atlantis Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glendale | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Coolidge (historical) | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Elkhorn | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dewey | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Patterson Corner | 12.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wise River | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Elkhorn Hot Springs | 14.4 miles | 13 | |
| Navy | 14.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797360. 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.









