Saltese, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59867. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saltese quadrangle. 10 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,389 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1914 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Saltese quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Saltese quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Saltese quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Saltese between 1993 and 2015, burning about 22 acres in total. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2003 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Lolo National Forest | CRUZANE MTN. |
| 3 September 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SALTESE |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BROKEN HEART |
| 21 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | EAST CROW |
| 19 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | PACKER CREEK |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | RANDOLPH CREEK |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | FLAT CRUZANE |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | HAUGAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 47 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Saltese: 22 occurrences, 9 past producers, 8 unknowns, 6 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Uranium, Copper, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Traveler and Burlong Mines | Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Bryan | Silver, Lead, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Crown Silver Group | Zinc, Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Gentle Nudge Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Hemlock Mine | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Hoodoo Property | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Last Chance | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Last Chance Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite | |
| Last Chance Mine In Packer Creek District | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | VEIN | |
| Packer Creek Barite Deposit | Barium-Barite, Lead | Occurrence | Barite, Galena |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saltese in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 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 2016 | Hail | Saltese | $20,000 | A business in Saltese, MT reported quarter or larger size hail. Winds blew down some tree limbs, and the hail dented cars. The worst part of the storm lasted about 15 minutes. |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Saltese | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7406101 | 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 806285. 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.







