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Milltown, Montana

18 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 59851. It stands on Blackfoot River. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Missoula quadrangle. It stands 3,287 feet above sea level.

Milltown within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

412 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Milltown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 785 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 13 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined202
Debris and open burning64
Recreation and ceremony52
Natural46
Smoking16
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY TRAIL FIRE
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMM 3 HWY 200
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeST. LAWRENCE CREEK
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY CANYON CAMPFIRE
5 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.5 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Milltown: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, General, Brick Clay. 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
Bonner QuarryStonePast Producer
Clay Deposit In Northeast MissoulaBrick ClayPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Juniper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Stock PileLead, ZincUnknown
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Douglas Creek PlacerGoldProducer
Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect
Western Materials IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
West Riverside0.6 miles18
Bonner Junction0.8 miles18
Bonner0.9 miles17
Carols Court1.0 miles18
Mountain View Court1.0 miles18
Piltzville1.2 miles17
Pinegrove1.3 miles18
East Missoula3.3 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on MilltownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17379953The 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 787441. 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.