Sappington, Montana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Three Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59752. The Survey maps it on the Sappington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Jefferson Island quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Sappington quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Sappington between 1998 and 2020, burning about 2,950 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1,962 acres | Madison County | ANTELOPE |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Roosevelt County | 201065 |
| 29 August 1998 | Natural | 120 acres | Central Land Office | GREER GULCH |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SNAKE |
| 16 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 679 acres | Central Land Office | SAPPINGTON JUNCTION |
| 11 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 11 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Sappington: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Mica, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingleside Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Ingleside Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| La Hood Gypsum Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Montana Talc Company | Talc-Soapstone | Plant | ||
| Sappington | Mica, REE, Niobium (Columbium) | Producer | Fergusonite | |
| Sappington Berrylium Deposit | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Sappington Canyon | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | ||
| Sappington Deposit | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Mica | Occurrence | Fergusonite, Muscovite | |
| Sappington Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | Limestone | |
| Sappington Mica Mine | Mica | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sappington in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2014 | Flood | Sappington | - | Emergency management reported snow-melt flooding of rural area causing road closures and surrounding some homes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Three Forks | 13.2 miles | 20 | |
| Jefferson (historical) | 14.0 miles | 20 | |
| Lower Madison (historical) | 15.6 miles | 20 | |
| Gallatin (historical) | 17.0 miles | 21 | |
| Carpenter | 17.4 miles | 21 | |
| Trident | 18.7 miles | 21 | |
| Logan | 19.0 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 776220. 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.










