McNamara, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59823. It stands on Union Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sunflower Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1903 USGS Bonner quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sunflower Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Sunflower Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
169 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of McNamara between 1992 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Natural | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missoula Field Office | RED ROCKS |
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | ARKANSAS CREEK |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | SMOKING FISH |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Southwestern Land Office | TWIN CREEK |
| 25 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GOLD CREEK #3 |
| 23 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 21 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GOLD CREEK 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of McNamara: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Gold, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Copper King | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | Cuprite, Galena, Malachite | |
| Copper King | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Chester | Lead | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Creeks | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Miller | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Potomac | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Turah | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Clinton | 10.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bonner | 10.3 miles | 17 | |
| Piltzville | 10.4 miles | 17 | |
| Milltown | 11.2 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553401 | 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 787113. 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.







