Montana City, Montana
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59634. It lies near Clark Gulch. The Survey maps it on the East Helena quadrangle. 2,918 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,055 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Helena Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Helena and Vicinity quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS East Helena quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Canyon Ferry Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS East Helena quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS East Helena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
186 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Montana City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 47 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 | 48 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Land Office | CAIRN LN |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | TUCKER GULCH/ |
| 6 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | SHINGLE BUTTE |
| 30 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | MCCLELLAN CREEK |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 25 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Jefferson County | 267 |
| 2 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | STRAWBERRY BONFIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 48 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Montana City: 20 past producers, 12 occurrences, 6 unknowns, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension. 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) East Helena Lead Smelter | Lead, Smelter, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid | Plant | ||
| Abc #1 | Thorium, Uranium | Occurrence | Tourmaline | |
| Abc #1 Property | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Asarco Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Aurora Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Bompart Homestead | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| C. E. S. Ballard, Etal | Uranium, Thorium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Clark Lead | Lead | Prospect | ||
| East Helena Plant Asarco | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Easy Money Group | Gold, Copper, Silver, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clancy | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Lewiston (historical) | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| New Haven (historical) | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Alhambra | 6.6 miles | 19 | |
| Louisville | 7.5 miles | 18 | |
| Clasoil | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Jefferson City | 11.5 miles | 29 | |
| Corbin | 12.8 miles | 29 |
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 Montana City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q960527 | 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 787566. 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.











