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Midvale, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59917. It stands on Sinclair Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eureka North quadrangle.

Midvale within Lincoln County

On record in Midvale

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

263 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Midvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 452 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 7 were 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
Debris and open burning101
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Recreation and ceremony29
Fireworks12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1994Smokingunder an acreKootenai National Forestnot named
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresKootenai National ForestFLAMING OWL
4 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestTOBACCO ISLAND FIRE
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreKootenai National ForestSAWMILL
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National ForestCIRCLE J
22 September 1994Smokingunder an acreKootenai National Forestnot named
2 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestBARN
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestROCK LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Midvale: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Barium-Barite. 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
Bonnett-HoernerBarium-BariteProspect
Tobacco River PlacerGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Eureka0.6 miles10
Mills Springs (historical)1.3 miles10
Tobacco (historical)2.1 miles10
Tobacco5.6 miles13
Rexford6.4 miles11
Riverside (historical)7.2 miles11
Roosville7.6 miles10
Gateway (historical)9.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2797101. 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.