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Pappas Place, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Black Sheep Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Delmoe Lake quadrangle.

Pappas Place within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Pappas Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,115 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony100
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE WILLIE
6 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestASPEN SPRING
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOMESTAKE 3
5 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOMESTAKE
29 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPOWER
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestROCK FLATS
21 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJUNCTION
15 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Pappas Place: 30 past producers, 19 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 5 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Birdie MineSilver, Tungsten, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer1880
Blue Bell MineLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1909
BluebellLead, Copper, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
East Ridge GroupGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProspect
Flagg PlacerSilica, Gold, REE, ZincPast ProducerPlacer
Gold Bug MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1911
Grubstake LodeGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProspect1939
IreneGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Jim Jr. ClaimGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Mountain Cheif MineSilver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Welch3.6 miles15
Homestake4.3 miles15
Paul Place5.5 miles15
Woodville7.2 miles28
Pipestone8.5 miles15
Pipestone Hot Springs8.6 miles15
Donald9.4 miles15
Trask9.6 miles28

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 Q122591092The 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 788619. 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.