Noble, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Townsend East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59644. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Diamond City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Diamond City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Canyon Ferry Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Diamond City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Noble between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,262 acres in total. 6 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Broadwater County | NELSON 2 |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | 114 acres | Butte Field Office | ANGUS |
| 15 August 2003 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | GOOSE BAY LANE MA |
| 2 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Broadwater County | not named |
| 15 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 11 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 26 June 2020 | Natural | 3.2 acres | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SPRUCE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Noble: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Silver, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confederate Gulch, Backer | Lead, Copper, Gold | Producer | Galena, Pyrite | |
| Unnamed Location | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Beaver Creek Pumicite | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Confederate Gulch Tuff | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Hill #2 | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Lakeview Mine | Silver | Unknown | ||
| Patent 2880 Mine | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Winston Area Ash No. 6 | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| A & H Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Creek Placer | Gold | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barker | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Diamond City | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Canton (historical) | 7.4 miles | 16 | |
| Whites City | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Winston | 9.6 miles | 17 | |
| Bedford | 11.3 miles | 17 | |
| Townsend | 14.0 miles | 17 | |
| Deep Creek (historical) | 14.1 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794648. 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.







