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Park City, Montana

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59601. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle.

Park City within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Park City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,595 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 5 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
Natural66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Recreation and ceremony35
Debris and open burning22
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Fireworks3
Smoking2

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 2009Fireworksunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestBROOKLY BRIDGE
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestTUCKER GULCH/
6 September 2010Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeROCKY PINE
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeGO DEVIL
30 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficeRODNEY RIDGE
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeGLORY HOLE
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte Field OfficeROCKY
3 September 1995Natural1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeSHEEP MOUNTAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Park City: 23 past producers, 16 occurrences, 10 unknowns, 7 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, 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
Blue Bird MineCopper, Gold, Iron, SilverProspect
Blue CloudTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceScheelite
Blue CloudTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrence
Clay Deposit In Orofino GulchClayOccurrenceFeldspar, Quartz
Colorado Gulch DepositMagnesiteOccurrence
Colorado Gulch DepositsTungsten, GarnetOccurrenceGarnet, Scheelite
Good ChanceGold, CopperOccurrence
Helena DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Tungsten, Arsenic, Marble, Dimension, DolomitePast Producer1864
Helena Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Helena Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Unionville1.3 miles30
Dotsonville (historical)4.1 miles30
Blue Cloud (historical)4.4 miles26
Broadwater4.5 miles30
Kenwood (historical)5.0 miles30
Helena5.3 miles30
Seven Mile (historical)6.5 miles28
Tobin6.7 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801276. 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.