Snider, Montana
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59873. It stands on Goat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eddy Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1937 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eddy Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Eddy Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Snider between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,323 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 52 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MRL 24 |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | DYKSTRA HILL |
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BACK TO SCHOOL |
| 5 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | BACK TO SCHOOL |
| 4 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | ACM |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COPPER KING #5 |
| 28 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SLEEPY BUCKEYE |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Snider: 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Fork Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Goat Creek | Molybdenum, Tungsten, Beryllium, Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Mo Skarn? LF porphyry Mo (?) | |
| Raven Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Raven Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silver King | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silver King Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Copper King | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Copper King Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1885, 1890 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snider in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Debris Flow | Snider | - | A thunderstorm containing very heavy rain moved directly over the Thorne Creek burn scar. Radar estimated 30 minute rainfall totals between 0.55 to 0.90 inches. A report was received from the forest service that a debris flow went over the Thompson River Road. |
| March 2017 | Flood | Snider | - | The Thompson River gauge near Thompson Falls peaked at 7.15 feet for 4.5 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashleys Settlement (historical) | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Eddy | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Thompson Falls | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shannonville (historical) | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Belknap | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| Weeksville | 13.1 miles | 7 | |
| Talc | 14.0 miles | 13 | |
| White Pine | 17.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 790767. 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.





