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Lothrop, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lolo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59820. It stands on Petty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Petty Mountain quadrangle. It stands 2,963 feet above sea level.

Lothrop within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Lothrop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,890 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 2 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Debris and open burning42
Recreation and ceremony18
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks5
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
29 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreLolo National ForestNATURAL PIER BRIDGE
23 September 2002Debris and open burning1.0 acresLolo National ForestBIGHORN
21 September 2003Smokingunder an acreLolo National ForestRANGER STATION
20 September 2018Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSAWMILL 2
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestWEST NINEMILE 3
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestWEST NINEMILE 2
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestWEST NINEMILE 1
19 September 2009Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestMILE MARKER 76 #2

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 Lothrop: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Beryllium. 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
Inverness GroupCopperOccurrenceVein
White Cap ProspectBerylliumProspect

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
Shangville (historical)2.2 miles13
Ninemile2.8 miles8
Soudan3.5 miles8
Six Mile (historical)5.8 miles10
Huson6.9 miles10
Stovepipe (historical)7.0 miles10
Stark9.8 miles9
Frenchtown11.6 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on LothropAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14704717The 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 786642. 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.