Melrose, 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 59743. The Survey maps it on the Melrose quadrangle.
On record in Melrose
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Wold Barnlisted 2009
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
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Melrose between 1992 and 2019, burning about 121 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BIG HOLE ISLAND |
| 1 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Butte Field Office | SOAP GULCH |
| 2 July 2000 | Natural | 80 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MCCARTNEY NORTH AMP |
| 26 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Dillon Field Office | MAIDEN ROCK FISHING |
| 25 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 20 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BROWNES RIDGE |
| 18 May 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MACLEAN |
| 13 May 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Dillon Field Office | MM 89 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Melrose: 20 past producers, 13 occurrences, 4 prospects, 4 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Lead. 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 | ||
| Calvin Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Calvin Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Christainsen Group | Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Dry Gulch | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Gold King Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Cerargyrite, Galena | |
| Jackrabbit Mine | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Maiden Rock Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1947, 1951 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Melrose in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Hail | Melrose | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maiden Rock | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Quinn | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Divide | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Johnson | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Moose Town | 11.7 miles | 16 | |
| Royston (historical) | 12.1 miles | 16 | |
| Woodin | 12.4 miles | 16 | |
| Highland City (historical) | 14.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 787179. 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.








