BlockNicholia, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lima-Centennial Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59724. It lies near Henderson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Island Butte 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
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1955 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dubois quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Island Butte quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lima quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Island Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Nicholia (historical) between 1992 and 2015, burning about 41 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DEADMAN CREEK |
| 24 August 1994 | Smoking | 40 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Dillon Field Office | CABIN CREEK FIRE |
| 10 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CABIN CREEK |
| 1 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LIMESTONE II |
| 27 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | LIMESTONE GULCH |
| 5 October 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PILEUP CANYON |
| 5 October 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Nicholia (historical): 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Niobium (Columbium), Copper, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iola Prospect | Uranium, Copper, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | Malachite | |
| Last Chance No. 3 | Niobium (Columbium) | Prospect | ||
| Iola Prospect | Uranium | Prospect |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797379. 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.