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Mountain View, 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 Mountain View Creek. The Survey maps it on the Meyer Mountain quadrangle.

Mountain View within Stillwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

25 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,996 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
8 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
23 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestGORGE BYPASS
9 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestHORSEMAN FLAT
9 August 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestRABBIT GULCH
7 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestWOODBINE
5 August 2020Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestIRON CREEK
25 August 2006Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestSADERBALM
23 August 2017Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestCATHEDRAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stillwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Mountain View: 19 occurrences, 8 prospects, 6 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Platinum, Nickel, Copper, PGE, Silver, Gold. 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
Benbow Cr-PtPlatinum, Chromium, Nickel, CopperOccurrence
Benbow Ni/CuNickel, Copper, CobaltProspect
Bluebird Cr-PtPlatinum, Chromium, Copper, NickelOccurrence
Bluebird Ni-CuNickel, Copper, Cobalt, Palladium, Platinum, PGE, Silver, GoldOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
DowPlatinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Gold, Copper, NickelOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hawkes LodeGold, SilverProspect
Initial Cr-PtPlatinum, Chromium, Nickel, CopperOccurrence1941
Mouat Iron-Titanium GroupIron, TitaniumOccurrence
Mouat Nickel-CopperNickel, Copper, Cobalt, SulfurProspect1883

Every working recorded in Stillwater 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
Mouat (historical)2.9 miles17
Nye5.7 miles17
Limestone6.1 miles17
Meyers Creek7.4 miles17
Dean11.1 miles14
Beehive11.3 miles14
Fishtail21.4 miles12
Absarokee25.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806105. 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.