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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 Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It stands on Blacktail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Butte North quadrangle.

Pioneer within Silver Bow County

On record in Pioneer

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 8 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Pioneer between 1996 and 2016, burning about 1 acre in total. 3 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
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
26 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestELK PARK
23 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMARY EMMEE
17 August 1996Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHAIL COLUMBIA
2 July 2016Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSADDLE ROCK
9 June 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestEAST RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 330 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 330 workings within 5 miles of Pioneer: 182 past producers, 57 prospects, 44 occurrences, 24 unknowns. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold. 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
Ajax MineSilica, Copper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Alice MineSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Manganese, BerylliumPast Producer1960
Belmont MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, ArsenicPast Producer1957
Best Hope MineGold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, ZincUnknown
Best Hope MineLead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, SilverProducer
Black Rock MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, ManganeseProducerRhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite
Bullwhacker MineMolybdenum, CopperOccurrence
Butte DistrictLead, Zinc, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold, Tellurium, Sulfur, Cadmium, Selenium, Calcium, BismuthProducer1880
Butte, Veins (Anaconda)Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Cadmium, Manganese, Zinc, Lead, Selenium, TelluriumPast Producer1875, 1880, 2000
Carver TailingsCopper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, GoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Butte0.0 miles23
Anselmo (historical)1.1 miles23
Williamsburg1.5 miles17
Centerville1.5 miles23
Allendale (historical)2.0 miles23
Silver Bow Park2.0 miles28
Meaderville2.0 miles23
North Walkerville (historical)2.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797825. 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.