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.
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.
Anaconda Saddle Clublisted 2007 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1908 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS West Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS West Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CLEAR CREEK |
| 25 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WASHOE PARK |
| 23 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | YANKEE FLAT 2 |
| 22 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | YANKEE FLAT |
| 21 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 76 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Antelope Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony | Past Producer | 1885, 1965 | |
| Area North of Warm Springs Creek | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Uranium, Vanadium, REE | Prospect | ||
| Black Chief Iron Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Blue-Eyed Nellie District | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Silica, Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bresnahan and Fenner | Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Cobalt, Bismuth | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Cameron Mine | Silver, Silica, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1965 | |
| Cameron Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Silica | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Valley | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyside | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Lost Creek | 5.2 miles | 21 | |
| Anaconda | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Mine Creek | 8.9 miles | 21 | |
| Mill Creek | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Cable City (historical) | 9.4 miles | 16 | |
| Staton | 9.8 miles | 21 |
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.







