BlockSkyline, Montana
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59602. It stands on Granite Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenhorn Mountain 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 Elliston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Greenhorn Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 2001 USGS Greenhorn Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Skyline between 1992 and 2020, burning about 296 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 4 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Field Office | SKELLY GULCH |
| 7 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.3 acres | Central Land Office | AUSTIN RD |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | PORCUPINE |
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | BLOSSBURG |
| 25 September 2017 | Other causes | under an acre | Blackfeet Agency | BULLS EYE |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | PRIEST PASS |
| 24 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | AUSTON CREEK/ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Skyline: 26 past producers, 9 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Silver, Brick Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin District | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Iron, Arsenic, Antimony | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Baldy Smith Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Arsenic | Occurrence | Corkite, Gold | |
| Baldy Smith Mine | Iron, Arsenic, Lead, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Bell Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite | |
| Blue Jay Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Iron, Antimony | Past Producer | 1900 | |
| Blue Jay Mine | Iron, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bluebell Mine | Gold, Copper, Molybdenum | Past Producer | ||
| Boeing Fluorite | Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Boeing Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Fluorite, Lead | |
| Copper Hill | Silver, Iron, Gold | Past Producer | 1900, 1910 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weed | 1.6 miles | 23 | |
| Belmont (historical) | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Austin | 2.3 miles | 26 | |
| Forest Heights | 5.1 miles | 24 | |
| Frontier Town | 5.7 miles | 24 | |
| Bald Butte | 6.0 miles | 23 | |
| Ferris (historical) | 6.1 miles | 24 | |
| Marysville | 6.9 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801466. 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.