Stark, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Frenchtown-Wye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59846. It stands on Fire Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stark North quadrangle.
On record in Stark
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.
- Stark Schoollisted 1995 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Tarkio quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Stark North quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Stark North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Stark between 1992 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 90 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 | 90 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | RIDGEWOOD DRIVE #2 |
| 5 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | JOSEPHINE CREEK |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | FIRE CREEK #2 |
| 28 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | DONKEY ALLEY |
| 23 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | KREIS POND |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | DRY GULCH |
| 19 September 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | FAVORITE |
| 19 September 1992 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 31 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Stark: 12 occurrences, 12 past producers, 3 producers, 3 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hautilla Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Malachite | |
| Hauttula Prospect | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Kennedy Creek Mine | Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Lost Cabin | Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Lost Cabin Group | Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite | |
| Nugget Mine | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Nugget Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Kennedy Creek Mines | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Josephine | Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stark in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Heavy Rain | Stark | - | Brief heavy rain was mixed with hail at Fish Creek and the Clark Fork River. Precipitation measured in at 0.40 inches in less than 30 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soudan | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ninemile | 8.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lothrop | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Six Mile (historical) | 10.3 miles | 10 | |
| Shangville (historical) | 11.0 miles | 13 | |
| Huson | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Stovepipe (historical) | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Old Town | 12.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 791450. 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.




