Oliverville, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Superior census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59872. It lies near Welch Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Idaho Gulch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Idaho Gulch quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Idaho Gulch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
230 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Oliverville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,690 acres in total. 89 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | EAST PARDEE |
| 6 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | FLAT CREEK |
| 30 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BARK PLANT PILE |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | AIRPORT FIRE |
| 28 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | THOMPSON CREEK |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | TAMI DRIVE |
| 25 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | WOOD FLAT |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | JIM KELLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Oliverville: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Mountain Mine | Copper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Antimony | Past Producer | 1889 | |
| Iron Mtn. | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Producer | Boulangerite, Galena, Sphalerite | |
| King & Queen Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Producer | Vein | |
| Mountain Gem Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Tootsie Creek Deposits | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite | |
| Big Day Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Cedar Creek Placer Mines | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Marietta Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Montana Barite Pit | Barium-Barite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amador (historical) | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Mouth (historical) | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Superior | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Riverbend | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hopkins | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Westfall | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Gulch | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Keystone | 6.7 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 Q122598186 | 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 807038. 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.




