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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.

Oliverville within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

230 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural89
Debris and open burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Recreation and ceremony23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking5
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestEAST PARDEE
6 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestFLAT CREEK
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestBARK PLANT PILE
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestAIRPORT FIRE
28 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreLolo National ForestTHOMPSON CREEK
27 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreLolo National ForestTAMI DRIVE
25 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestWOOD FLAT
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestJIM KELLY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Iron MountainZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Iron Mountain MineCopper, Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer1889
Iron Mtn.Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProducerBoulangerite, Galena, Sphalerite
King & Queen MineSilver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, LeadProducerVein
Mountain Gem MineSilver, Lead, ZincUnknown
Tootsie Creek DepositsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Big Day PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Cedar Creek Placer MinesGoldPast Producer
Marietta PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Montana Barite PitBarium-BariteProducer

Every working recorded in Mineral County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Amador (historical)0.6 miles8
Cedar Mouth (historical)0.7 miles8
Superior1.1 miles8
Riverbend3.1 miles8
Hopkins5.8 miles8
Westfall6.3 miles8
Spring Gulch6.5 miles8
Keystone6.7 miles8

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 Q122598186The 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.