Maiden Rock, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59727. It stands on Moose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Melrose quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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
- 1961 USGS Melrose quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Melrose quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Maiden Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DAM FIRE |
| 12 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Beaverhead County | DIVIDE |
| 30 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SAWMILL |
| 3 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LAMARCHE GULCH |
| 1 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Butte Field Office | SOAP GULCH |
| 9 July 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PUMPKIN |
| 26 July 1998 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | JOYCE |
| 25 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MOOSE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 51 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Maiden Rock: 20 past producers, 11 occurrences, 9 producers, 5 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silver, Gold, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Glendale Smelter Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Plant | ||
| Berlin Claims | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Berlin Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Carnotite Claims | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Christainsen Group | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Copper Hill Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Gold King Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Cerargyrite, Galena | |
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Maiden Rock Silica | Stone | Producer | ||
| Melrose Phosphate | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Uranium | Producer | 1910 |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maiden Rock in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Hail | Maiden Rock | - | Quarter-size hail was reported in Dewey, Montana during the evening hours of July 16th. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Maiden Rock | - | Hail size was estimated to be the size of quarters. |
| August 2009 | Flash Flood | Maiden Rock | - | Heavy rain caused several Forest Service roads to be flooded. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Maiden Rock | - | Quarter sized hail reported. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maiden Rock | - | A weather spotter 2 miles north of Wise River, MT reported several 8 to 10 inch diameter trees blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Maiden Rock | - | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Maiden Rock | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn | 0.3 miles | 17 | |
| Divide | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Melrose | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Johnson | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Woodin | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Moose Town | 10.5 miles | 16 | |
| Royston (historical) | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Feely | 12.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 786786. 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.








