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Stump Town, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Anaconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It lies near Big Gulch. The Survey maps it on the West Valley quadrangle.

Stump Town within Deer Lodge County

On record in Stump Town

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

8 surveys from 16 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Stump Town between 1992 and 2019, burning about 129 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning15
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK
25 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWASHOE PARK
23 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeYANKEE FLAT 2
22 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestYANKEE FLAT
21 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
16 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 76 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 76 workings within 5 miles of Stump Town: 30 occurrences, 28 past producers, 13 unknowns, 3 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Dolomite. 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
Anaconda QuarryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumOccurrence
Antelope MineSilver, Copper, Lead, AntimonyPast Producer1885, 1965
Area North of Warm Springs CreekPhosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Uranium, Vanadium, REEProspect
Black Chief Iron MineIron, ZincPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Blue-Eyed Nellie DistrictLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Silica, Limestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1880
Blue-Eyed Nellie MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, CadmiumPast Producer1885
Blue-Eyed Nellie MineSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Bresnahan and FennerSilver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Cobalt, BismuthOccurrenceScheelite
Cameron MineSilver, Silica, Lead, CopperPast Producer1885, 1965
Cameron MineSilver, Copper, Lead, SilicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Deer Lodge 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
West Valley1.0 miles16
Sunnyside3.5 miles21
Lost Creek5.2 miles21
Anaconda5.4 miles21
Mine Creek8.9 miles21
Mill Creek9.0 miles21
Cable City (historical)9.4 miles16
Staton9.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 791621. 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.