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Summit, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Virginia City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59755. It lies near Bachelor Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Cirque Lake quadrangle.

Summit within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

17 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Summit between 1994 and 2019, burning about 4,865 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1
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
19 September 2001Other causesunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestELKHORN CITY
10 September 1998Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMEADOW FORK
5 August 1996Natural3.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHUNGRY HOLLOW
5 August 1994Natural1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
11 August 2018Natural4,087 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestWIGWAM
10 August 1994Natural1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
29 July 2003Natural1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestAXOLOTL
25 July 1994Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of Summit: 38 past producers, 9 occurrences, 9 producers, 7 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
AlhambraGold, TungstenPast Producer
Bull Frog MineCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
Cabin and Cornucopia LodeSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceVein
GardnerGold, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Gardner MineGold, Silver, LeadProducerGalena, Pyrite
Greenback MineGold, Silver, ArsenicPast ProducerVein
Greenback MineSilver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Kearsarge MineGold, Silver, TelluriumPast ProducerGold
RiddelGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Calverts ClaimsTalc-SoapstoneProspect

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Virginia City5.2 miles21
Central City (historical)5.9 miles21
Adobe (historical)7.4 miles21
Junction8.0 miles21
Varney9.0 miles20
Bowman Place9.6 miles15
Woodward Place10.7 miles20
Ruby11.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806984. 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.