Moosehorn, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Big Hole Basin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59761. It stands on Big Moosehorn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Isaac Meadows quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Moosehorn within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1966 USGS Isaac Meadows quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Wisdom quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Isaac Meadows quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Moosehorn (historical) between 1992 and 2017, burning about 43 acres in total. 12 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	12
Recreation and ceremony	4
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
16 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	RUBY CREEK
16 September 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	not named
9 August 2005	Natural	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	NUGGET
7 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	MOOOSEHORN 2
7 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	SHEEP MTN
6 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Salmon-Challis National Forest	NEZ PERCE
24 August 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	BIG MOOSEHORN
1 August 2017	Natural	17 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	BUTLER

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Moosehorn (historical): 8 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Lead, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Moosehorn Mine	Silver, Copper, Iron	Past Producer	Vein
Moosehorn Mine	Silver, Iron, Copper	Past Producer	1947, 1955
Unknown Adits	Silver	Prospect
Unknown Shaft & Pit	Lead	Prospect
Jumper No 1	Iron	Prospect
Jumper No. 1 Claim	Iron	Past Producer	Replacement
Montana Iron	Iron	Occurrence
Cow Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	1898
Cow Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Dunton Prospect	Gold	Occurrence	Vein

Every working recorded in Beaverhead 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wisdom	16.3 miles	11
Jackson	21.0 miles	10
Gloss Place	27.4 miles	9
Elkhorn Hot Springs	33.8 miles	13
Maverick Mountain	34.0 miles	13
Polaris	34.8 miles	12
Coolidge (historical)	37.4 miles	13
Elkhorn	37.4 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797378. 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.