Rochester, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Twin Bridges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59754. The Survey maps it on the Nez Perce Hollow quadrangle.

Rochester within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Nez Perce Hollow quadrangle1:24000
1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Rochester between 1994 and 2012, burning about 1,037 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning	2
Natural	2
Firearms and explosives use	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
13 August 2011	Firearms and explosives use	under an acre	Dillon Field Office	PERCE CREEK
12 August 2012	Natural	9.0 acres	Dillon Field Office	ROCHESTER BASIN
3 July 2008	Natural	25 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	ROCHESTER
25 July 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Dillon Field Office	BRAZIL
28 April 1998	Debris and open burning	498 acres	Butte Field Office	HAMILTON
16 March 1994	Debris and open burning	500 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	HAMILTON RANCH

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Rochester: 38 past producers, 13 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 4 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Anything Mine	Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper	Past Producer	Vein
Anything Mine	Gold, Copper, Lead	Past Producer
April Claims	Molybdenum	Occurrence	Molybdenite
Calvin Mine	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper	Past Producer	Replacement
Calvin Mine	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer
Champion	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc	Past Producer
Champion Mine	Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Arsenic	Past Producer	Vein
Emma	Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold	Past Producer
Emma Mine	Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Arsenic	Past Producer	1901
Gold Seal Claims	Clay	Unknown

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Twin Bridges	10.4 miles	16
Iron Rod (historical)	10.6 miles	17
Centerville (historical)	12.4 miles	14
Silver Star	13.0 miles	17
Waterloo	18.2 miles	16
Sheridan	19.6 miles	15
Leiterville	20.7 miles	17
Brandon	21.8 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775839. 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.