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Snowslip, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the South Fork census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59916. It stands on Shields Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blacktail quadrangle.

Snowslip within Flathead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Snowslip between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53,098 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead National ForestMILE MARKER 193
2 September 1998Natural8,800 acresFlathead National ForestCHALLENGE
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestCHALLENGE 2
1 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlathead National ForestSNOW SLIP POWERLINE
1 September 2013Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestDEVIL CREEK
7 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlathead National ForestDEVIL CREEK
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreFlathead National ForestDEVILS CREEK
29 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance13 acresGlacier National ParkESSEX #1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Snowslip: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Great NorthernCopperPast Producer
LippincottCopperPast Producer
OkedaleCopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Flathead County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
McCarthyville (historical)1.1 miles12
Blacktail1.3 miles12
Singleshot1.6 miles13
Nimrod6.2 miles13
Essex8.4 miles11
Pinnacle12.4 miles13
Three Forks12.7 miles14
Canyon Creek Boat Landing16.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802196. 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.