BlockMcDonald, Montana
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59713. It stands on Ballarat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ophir Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Avon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Ophir Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Ophir Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of McDonald between 1992 and 2019, burning about 13 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GIMLET |
| 13 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 1 September 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DRY GULCH |
| 7 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | THREE MILE CREEK |
| 26 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GEORGIA CREEK |
| 13 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Missoula Field Office | CARPENTER CREEK |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | BLACK MOUNTAIN |
| 7 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | OPHIR CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of McDonald: 16 past producers, 12 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Fluorite | |
| Butterfly | Gold, Copper, Silver, Antimony | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Coon's Tungsten | Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Fairview Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Arsenic, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Half-Way Sixmile Creek Bentonite | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Little Daisy Mine | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Little Daisy Mine | Gold, Antimony, Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Ophir District-Montana | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1860 | |
| Price Group Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Butterfly | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGillvary | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Quigley | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Blackfoot City (historical) | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Avon | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Bradley (historical) | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Keiley | 9.3 miles | 22 | |
| Finn | 10.2 miles | 22 | |
| Elliston | 10.2 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794667. 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.