Ninemile, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Frenchtown-Wye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59820. It stands on Ninemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alberton quadrangle.

Ninemile within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Alberton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Alberton quadrangle1:24000
1999 USGS Alberton quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Ninemile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 270 acres in total. 45 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	77
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	62
Natural	45
Recreation and ceremony	24
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Railroad operations and maintenance	14
Power generation/transmission/distribution	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Fireworks	6
Smoking	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Other causes	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 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	RIDGEWOOD DRIVE #2
29 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	NATURAL PIER BRIDGE
25 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missoula County	200248
23 September 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Lolo National Forest	BIGHORN
23 September 1999	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	CONIFER DRIVE
21 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	RANGER STATION
2 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	WEST NINEMILE 3
2 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	WEST NINEMILE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ninemile: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
White Cap Prospect	Beryllium	Prospect
Torgelson Property	Clay	Producer
Torgelson Property	Clay	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Missoula 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Soudan	0.6 miles	8
Shangville (historical)	2.4 miles	13
Lothrop	2.8 miles	13
Six Mile (historical)	3.2 miles	10
Huson	4.4 miles	10
Stovepipe (historical)	4.6 miles	10
Stark	8.9 miles	9
Frenchtown	9.5 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 788010. 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.