BlockOld Weiss and French Place, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Wolf Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59602. It lies near Spring Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Upper Holter Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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
- 1962 USGS Upper Holter Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Canyon Ferry Dam quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Upper Holter Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
150 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Old Weiss and French Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51,671 acres in total. 71 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 | 71 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lewis & Clark County | 202123 |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | COLLINS |
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lewis & Clark County | BEAVER CREEK FIRE |
| 5 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | BEAVER CR. CAMPFIRE |
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Butte Field Office | SNOWDRIFT CAMPFIRE |
| 24 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central Land Office | SNOWDRIFT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Old Weiss and French Place: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Bar | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Lakeside | 10.1 miles | 19 | |
| Dennison (historical) | 10.9 miles | 18 | |
| York | 10.9 miles | 19 | |
| Iron | 11.0 miles | 28 | |
| Evergreen Court | 12.3 miles | 28 | |
| Sieben | 12.5 miles | 20 | |
| Gearing | 12.8 miles | 26 |
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 Q122565695 | 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 801256. 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.