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Moose Town, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59727. It stands on North Fork Moose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mount Humbug quadrangle.

Moose Town within Silver Bow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Moose Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 131 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
17 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE CAMP CREEK
17 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
5 August 1994Natural2.5 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestROOSEVELT DRIVE
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCAMP CREEK #2
25 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCAMP CREEK #1
25 August 2013Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRED CAMP
24 August 2002Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDIVIDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Moose Town: 37 past producers, 9 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Butte Highlands MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1866, 1867
Day and Harvey MineSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1867
Elkhorn-Buckhorn ClaimsSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein
Gold Hill Group MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1909
Highland Mountains AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, REE, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Moose CreekLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Moose Creek-Fish Creek TraverseGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Peabody MineSilver, LeadPast Producer
TemplemanGold, Silver, Zinc, LeadUnknown
Templeman ClaimGold, Lead, Zinc, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Royston (historical)3.0 miles16
Highland City (historical)3.1 miles16
Red Mountain (historical)4.5 miles15
Johnson6.4 miles16
Woodin7.9 miles16
Feely9.5 miles16
Divide9.7 miles16
Butte-Silver Bow (balance)9.9 miles16

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 Q122550392The 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 787672. 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.