Silver Bow Park, Montana
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Tramway Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Elk Park Pass quadrangle.
On record in Silver Bow Park
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Socialist HallNational Historic Landmark · listed 1995 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 28 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 Boulder quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Elk Park quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Elk Park Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Elk Park Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Silver Bow Park between 1996 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. 7 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 | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PENNY |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ELK PARK |
| 24 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ELK PARK |
| 23 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MARY EMMEE |
| 7 July 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LUCKY STRIKE |
| 22 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HANEY |
| 2 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SADDLE ROCK |
| 9 June 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | EAST RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 332 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 332 workings within 5 miles of Silver Bow Park: 187 past producers, 58 prospects, 43 occurrences, 22 unknowns. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold. 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 | |
| Black Rock Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Manganese | Producer | Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite | |
| Bullwhacker Mine | Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| 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 | |
| Carver Tailings | Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Carver Tailings | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Cr 1 | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Butte | 0.7 miles | 28 | |
| Floral Park | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| McQueen | 1.4 miles | 28 | |
| Meaderville | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Columbia Gardens | 1.8 miles | 28 | |
| Butte | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Pioneer | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Centerville | 2.7 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 Q122595033 | 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 790498. 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.












