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Pipestone, 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 59759. It lies near Pole Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Dry Mountain quadrangle. It stands 4,557 feet above sea level.

Pipestone 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

37 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Pipestone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 582 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDRY MOUNTAIN
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLILY
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestROCK FLATS
14 September 2000Natural12 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFOREST
11 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRAILROAD
8 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreButte Field OfficeRINGING ROCKS
6 August 2009Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHALFWAY
5 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreButte Field OfficeTIN FOIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Pipestone: 12 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. 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
Easter LillieLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Easter Lillie MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincOccurrenceVein
Golden ValleyGold, Lead, Silver, CopperUnknown
JupiterSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1945
Lost HatchetGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Pipestone Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Lewis Kountz RanchPumiceOccurrence
Pipestone Springs DepositPumiceOccurrence
Silver Queen MineCopperOccurrenceVein
Little Pipestone Creek PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer1905

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
Pipestone Hot Springs0.2 miles15
Tippet Place3.3 miles15
Welch5.0 miles15
Cedric5.3 miles16
Vendome5.5 miles15
Paul Place5.8 miles15
Piedmont6.6 miles15
Whitehall7.3 miles15

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 Q111018544The 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 1762694. 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.