Rocker, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It stands on Canada Creek. The Survey maps it on the Butte North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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 Butte North quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Rocker between 1996 and 2003, burning under an acre 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HAIL COLUMBIA |
| 5 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUP CAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 314 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 314 workings within 5 miles of Rocker: 164 past producers, 56 prospects, 43 occurrences, 25 producers. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Mine | Silica, Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Alice Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Manganese, Beryllium | Past Producer | 1960 | |
| Belmont Mine | Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1957 | |
| Best Hope Mine | Gold, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Best Hope Mine | Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Black Rock Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Manganese | Producer | Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite | |
| Butte District | Lead, Zinc, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold, Tellurium, Sulfur, Cadmium, Selenium, Calcium, Bismuth | Producer | 1880 | |
| Butte, Veins (Anaconda) | Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Cadmium, Manganese, Zinc, Lead, Selenium, Tellurium | Past Producer | 1875, 1880, 2000 | |
| Clay Deposit Near Miles Crossing | Aggregate, Light Weight | Occurrence | Unconsolidated Sediments | |
| Cr 1 | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rocker in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2009: 2 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Hail | Rocker | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2009 | Hail | Rocker | - | A member of the public reported 2.5 inch hail to the Silver Bow County Sheriff. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington (historical) | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Nissler | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Williamsburg | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Anselmo (historical) | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Silver Bow | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Butte | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Pioneer | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Centerville | 4.0 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802174. 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.











