Prison Farm, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Deer Lodge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59722. It stands on Peterson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deer Lodge quadrangle.
On record in Prison Farm
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.
Conley Street Bridgelisted 2011 · 0.5 miles away
Montana Territorial and State Prisonlisted 1976 · 0.6 miles away
Trask Halllisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
William E. Coleman Houselisted 1979 · 1.0 miles away
Deer Lodge American Women's League Chapter Houselisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away- Prison Brickyard Historic Districtlisted 1988 · 0.2 miles away
- Robworth Apartmentslisted 2023 · 0.8 miles away
- Deer Lodge Central Business Historic Districtlisted 2008 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 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
- 1959 USGS Deer Lodge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Deer Lodge quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Deer Lodge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Prison Farm between 1992 and 2018, burning about 70 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.2 acres | Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site | RAILROAD II |
| 6 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Southwestern Land Office | FRONTAGE ROAD |
| 31 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 22 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site | GRAVEL PIT FIRE |
| 2 July 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site | RAILROAD 2 |
| 2 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site | RAILROAD 3-6 |
| 12 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | BECK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Prison Farm: 5 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribou Creek | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Champion Tailings Mine | Silver | Unknown | ||
| Deer Lodge Manganese | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Mastodon Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Deer Lodge Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | Pumice | |
| Taylor Creek Ash | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lodge | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Racetrack | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Emery (historical) | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Garrison | 10.5 miles | 22 | |
| Bradley (historical) | 13.2 miles | 23 | |
| Pioneer | 15.2 miles | 23 | |
| Wall City | 15.5 miles | 23 | |
| Lingenpolter | 16.1 miles | 23 |
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 Q122554446 | The 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 794192. 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.











