Mountain Shadows Estates, Montana
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Stevensville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59870. It stands on South Swamp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bing quadrangle.
On record in Mountain Shadows Estates
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 31 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Benjamin Young Houselisted 1991 · 0.6 miles away
Charles Fulton Houselisted 1991 · 0.7 miles away
Williams Houselisted 1991 · 0.7 miles away
Calvin and Maggie Cook Houselisted 1991 · 0.7 miles away
Jennie Clark Houselisted 1991 · 0.7 miles away
Philip and Ella Morr Houselisted 1991 · 0.7 miles away
John G. Howe Houselisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
First Baptist Churchlisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
Stevensville Feed Milllisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
Emhoff Houselisted 1991 · 0.8 miles away
St. Mary's Church and Pharmacylisted 1970 · 0.8 miles away
John Sharp Houselisted 1991 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1901 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Bing quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Shadows Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | RavaIIi County | 203 CACTUS TRL |
| 4 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | WARMING |
| 25 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 2 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 12 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | KOOTENAI 2 |
| 4 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Bitterroot National Forest | ST. MARY'S MILE 4 |
| 29 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Southwestern Land Office | HIDDEN VALLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Shadows Estates: 6 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Titanium, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Garnet, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curlew | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Producer | Pyrite | |
| Main River Valley | Iron, Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Mccalla Creek | Titanium, Iron, Zirconium | Unknown | ||
| Mccalla Creek Placer Area | Garnet, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Zirconium, Iron | Occurrence | Garnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon | |
| Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Sharrot Creek | Titanium, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Silverthorn Creek | Titanium, Zirconium, Iron, Thorium | Unknown | ||
| Strife Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Bitteroot Valley | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Pumice | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Blossom Court | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stevensville | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Cinnabar Court | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Bitterroot Court | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bing | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bell Crossing | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Etna (historical) | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bitter Root (historical) | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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 Q122564867 | 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 1802987. 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.







