BlockOld Banks Place, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59545. It lies near Mount Lily. The Survey maps it on the Bingham Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bingham Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Sweet Grass Hills quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Old Banks Place between 2007 and 2018, burning about 18 acres in total. 2 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | MT ROYAL |
| 21 July 2007 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 24 October 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old Banks Place: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold, Silica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Halo | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Tootsie Creek Fluorspar | Fluorine-Fluorite, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Tootsie Creek Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Malvina Claim | Fluorine-Fluorite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitlash | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Sage Creek Colony | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hill | 9.6 miles | 6 | |
| Eagle Creek Colony | 15.8 miles | 6 | |
| Alma (historical) | 17.2 miles | 7 | |
| Tiber | 28.5 miles | 6 | |
| Buelow | 29.0 miles | 7 | |
| Chester | 29.4 miles | 8 |
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 Q122567713 | 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 802157. 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.