Nissler, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ramsay quadrangle.
On record in Nissler
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Silver Bow Brewery Malt Houselisted 1983 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Ramsay quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Ramsay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Nissler between 1996 and 2003, burning under an acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | RED GATE |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUP CAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 206 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 206 workings within 5 miles of Nissler: 95 past producers, 41 prospects, 35 occurrences, 20 producers. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Gold, Manganese, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anselmo Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Best Hope Mine | Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Best Hope Mine | Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Bluebird | Silver, Zinc, Manganese, Lead | Unknown | ||
| Bonanza Mine | Manganese, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Clay Deposit Near Miles Crossing | Aggregate, Light Weight | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Colorado Tailings | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Eagle Bird | Lead, Manganese, Zinc | Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Fluorite Mine | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silver | Producer | Fluorite | |
| Gagnon Pit | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1957 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Bow | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Rocker | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Ramsay | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Burlington (historical) | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Miles Crossing | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Williamsburg | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Anselmo (historical) | 5.1 miles | 23 | |
| Buxton | 5.6 miles | 16 |
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 Q122562548 | 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 788024. 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.











