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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.

Pioneer within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

18 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGOLD CREEK #2
9 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 2016Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDAVIDSON
4 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
18 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeGOLD CREEK
14 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined210 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeINDEPENDENCE CREEK
11 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJACKSON
11 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCOLT CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 61 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bouvard Lode ClaimLead, Silver, ZincOccurrence1929
Deceiver ProspectSilver, CopperOccurrenceUnderground
Emery Ridge LeasePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Henry Lode ClaimSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrence1929
Independence MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Lost Creek DistrictSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Limestone, General, AntimonyPast Producer1890
Poker Chip Lode/ClaimGold, CopperOccurrence1930
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Alice Marie PlacerGold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Powell County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018FloodPioneer-Several small creeks including Union and Nevada flooded nearby fields.

Every storm recorded in Powell 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
Lingenpolter1.4 miles23
Wall City2.6 miles23
Goldcreek5.5 miles23
Dutton6.3 miles23
Jens6.7 miles20
Garrison8.2 miles22
Brock Creek8.6 miles22
Sharkeyville (historical)11.2 miles22

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.