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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1912 USGS Missoula quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Petty Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Missoula West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Petty MountaIn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
194 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | NATURAL PIER BRIDGE |
| 23 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | BIGHORN |
| 21 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | RANGER STATION |
| 20 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SAWMILL 2 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | WEST NINEMILE 3 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | WEST NINEMILE 2 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | WEST NINEMILE 1 |
| 19 September 2009 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MILE MARKER 76 #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness Group | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| White Cap Prospect | Beryllium | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shangville (historical) | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ninemile | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Soudan | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Six Mile (historical) | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Huson | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Stovepipe (historical) | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Stark | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Frenchtown | 11.6 miles | 8 |
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 Lothrop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14704717 | The 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.







