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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.

Stark within Missoula County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

158 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural90
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreLolo National ForestRIDGEWOOD DRIVE #2
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestJOSEPHINE CREEK
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestFIRE CREEK #2
28 September 2014Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresLolo National ForestDONKEY ALLEY
23 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestKREIS POND
2 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLolo National ForestDRY GULCH
19 September 2003Natural1.0 acresLolo National ForestFAVORITE
19 September 1992Natural6.0 acresLolo National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hautilla ProspectCopper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Malachite
Hauttula ProspectSilver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Kennedy Creek MineLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Lost CabinZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Lost Cabin GroupZinc, Lead, Gold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Sphalerite
Nugget MineZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverProspectVein
Nugget MineLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProspect
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Kennedy Creek MinesLead, ZincPast Producer
JosephineCopperProspect

Every working recorded in Missoula County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Heavy RainStark-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.

Every storm recorded in Missoula 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
Soudan8.8 miles8
Ninemile8.9 miles8
Lothrop9.8 miles13
Six Mile (historical)10.3 miles10
Shangville (historical)11.0 miles13
Huson11.4 miles10
Stovepipe (historical)11.8 miles10
Old Town12.8 miles9

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.