Mouat, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Absarokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59061. It stands on Woodbine Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cathedral Point quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Granite Mountain District quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Nye No 2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Mt Wood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Mt. Wood quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Cathedral Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Cathedral Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Mouat (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,056 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 | 8 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CATHEDRAL |
| 23 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | GORGE BYPASS |
| 9 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | RABBIT GULCH |
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | WOODBINE |
| 25 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SADERBALM |
| 23 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CATHEDRAL |
| 20 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | CATHEDRAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Mouat (historical): 19 occurrences, 8 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Platinum, Nickel, Copper, Rhodium, Palladium, Platinum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benbow Cr-Pt | Platinum, Chromium, Nickel, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Bluebird Cr-Pt | Platinum, Chromium, Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Bluebird Ni-Cu | Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Palladium, Platinum, PGE, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite | |
| Dow | Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Gold, Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Initial Cr-Pt | Platinum, Chromium, Nickel, Copper | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| Mouat Iron-Titanium Group | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Mouat Nickel-Copper | Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Sulfur | Prospect | 1883 | |
| Nye Basin Big Seven | Chromium, Platinum | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Nye Basin Cr-Pt | Chromium, PGE | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Nye | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Limestone | 8.9 miles | 17 | |
| Meyers Creek | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Dean | 12.6 miles | 14 | |
| Beehive | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fishtail | 23.0 miles | 12 | |
| Absarokee | 27.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1726929. 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.









