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Lolo Hot Springs, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lolo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59847. It stands on Granite Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lolo Hot Springs quadrangle.

Lolo Hot Springs within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Lolo Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 273 acres in total. 90 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
Natural90
Recreation and ceremony14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestOLD DODGE
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestLEE RIDGE TRAIL
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestEAST FORK LOLO II
7 September 1997Natural1.0 acresLolo National ForestSALLY RIDGE
4 September 1996Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSALLY RIDGE
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestGRANITE TRAIL
27 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use60 acresLolo National Forestnot named
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lolo Hot Springs: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone, Geothermal. 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
Four V's ClaimsQuartz, Semiprecious GemstoneProducer
Granite Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Lothrop18.7 miles13
Shangville (historical)18.9 miles13
Ninemile21.2 miles8
Soudan21.7 miles8
Six Mile (historical)23.1 miles10
Stovepipe (historical)23.4 miles10
Huson23.6 miles10
Primrose23.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773564. 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.