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Stonehill, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Eureka census division. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inch Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stonehill within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Stonehill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,844 acres in total. 32 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
Natural32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1

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
12 September 2008Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestWEBB MOUNTIAN
9 August 2003Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestPARSNIP 2
9 August 1999Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestFLAT MCGUIRE
7 August 2010Natural20 acresKootenai National ForestMCGUIRE
26 August 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestFDR #2
25 August 2016Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestMCGUIRE ROAD
23 August 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestINCH MTN.
16 August 2007Natural1.0 acresKootenai National ForestSTEEP CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Stonehill (historical): 3 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Silver, Copper, 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
Mc Guire ProspectSilver, Copper, LeadUnknown
Second ChanceCopper, Silver, LeadOccurrence
Stonehill PlacerGoldUnknown
Sutton Creek PlacerGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Ural (historical)9.7 miles9
Dodge Summit12.3 miles9
Rexford12.6 miles11
Riverside (historical)13.9 miles11
Volcour (historical)14.3 miles9
Eureka16.0 miles10
Midvale16.4 miles10
Warland (historical)16.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802204. 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.