Pioneer, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59733. It lies near Sin-pul-stu-weh Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Griffin Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Garrison quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Griffin Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Griffin Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Pioneer between 1992 and 2019, burning about 638 acres in total. 8 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GOLD CREEK #2 |
| 9 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 6 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DAVIDSON |
| 4 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 18 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 350 acres | Southwestern Land Office | GOLD CREEK |
| 14 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 acres | Southwestern Land Office | INDEPENDENCE CREEK |
| 11 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | JACKSON |
| 11 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | COLT CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Pioneer: 34 past producers, 12 occurrences, 10 unknowns, 4 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Pumice, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvard Lode Claim | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | 1929 | |
| Deceiver Prospect | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Emery Ridge Lease | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| Henry Lode Claim | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1929 | |
| Independence Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Lost Creek District | Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Limestone, General, Antimony | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Poker Chip Lode/Claim | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | 1930 | |
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Alice Marie Placer | Gold, Silver | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pioneer in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2018 | Flood | Pioneer | - | Several small creeks including Union and Nevada flooded nearby fields. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lingenpolter | 1.4 miles | 23 | |
| Wall City | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Goldcreek | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Dutton | 6.3 miles | 23 | |
| Jens | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Garrison | 8.2 miles | 22 | |
| Brock Creek | 8.6 miles | 22 | |
| Sharkeyville (historical) | 11.2 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 788930. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











