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Louisville, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59635. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle.

Louisville within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Louisville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 349 acres in total. 20 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
Natural20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning16
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficePINE MEADOW
8 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTHREE BARS
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
3 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
24 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresCentral Land OfficeMRL MMP 226.5
19 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeCLAYSOIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Louisville: 10 occurrences, 9 past producers, 5 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Diatomite. 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
Acme MineGold, SilverOccurrence
Aurora MineGold, Copper, Silver, ZincOccurrence
DoblerLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
GrubstakeGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Last ChanceGold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, CopperUnknown
Montana City QuarryLimestone, GeneralPlant
Old MillerGold, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Spokane Hills MineTungstenPast Producer
Superior MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Twilight Claims GroupGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Louisville in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2025Thunderstorm WindLouisville-Mesonet station MTSPK Spokane Creek Us-287 Mp 55.7 measured a 58 mph wind gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLouisville-Public weather station measured a severe caliber gust.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindLouisville-The DOT sensor at Spokane Creek MTSPK measured a 58 mph gust along US-287 at mile marker 55.7.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Clasoil0.1 miles18
Montana City7.5 miles21
Clancy12.1 miles19
Lewiston (historical)12.2 miles19
New Haven (historical)12.2 miles19
Alhambra12.8 miles19
Jefferson City17.2 miles29
Corbin18.9 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 786649. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.