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Newcomb, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It stands on Little Basin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Butte South quadrangle.

Newcomb within Silver Bow 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Newcomb between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 12 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
Recreation and ceremony33
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPOWER
28 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE BLACKTAIL
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHERMAN GULCH
2 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDOG POND
2 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
9 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBICYCLE
8 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBOY SCOUT
6 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestEAGLES NEST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow 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 Newcomb: 8 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver. 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
Cr 1StonePast Producer
Pohndorf DepositSemiprecious GemstoneUnknown
ShortyGold, Silver, CopperProducer
ShortyCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Janney PegmatitesREEOccurrenceAllanite
Janney PegmatitesREEOccurrence
AnnaSilver, GoldUnknown
Gold StreamSilver, GoldPast Producer
Good Luck MineGold, SilverOccurrence
Anna MineGold, SilverProducer

Every working recorded in Silver Bow County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newcomb in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2019: 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2019HailNewcomb-A strong thunderstorm produced quarter-sized hail a few miles south of Butte, Montana during the early evening hours of July 30th.
July 2017HailNewcomb-Nickel to quarter size hail fell causing Aspen tree leaves to tear off and destroyed a bird feeder.
August 2016HailNewcomb-A spotter measured the half dollar hail after all the lightning stopped, so it could have melted down a bit.

Every storm 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
Janney1.5 miles15
Nine-mile3.0 miles15
Skones4.3 miles15
Floral Park4.8 miles15
Highview5.0 miles15
Williamsburg5.3 miles17
Silver Bow Park5.7 miles28
Butte5.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802149. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.