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Summit Valley, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Harrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59721. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson Island quadrangle.

Summit Valley within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Summit Valley between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,208 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
30 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2,100 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestANTELOPE CREEK
29 September 2020Railroad operations and maintenance1,962 acresMadison CountyANTELOPE
15 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMadison County84
25 August 2000Natural1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
25 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMUD SPRINGS
22 August 1998Smokingunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCAVERNS
17 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresJefferson County202067
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined679 acresCentral Land OfficeSAPPINGTON JUNCTION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Summit Valley: 8 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Feldspar. 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
Limespur QuarryLimestone, High CalciumPast Producer1875
Limespur QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mineral HillTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Prospector's DreamAsbestosProspect
Surprise MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed DepositFeldspar, Talc-Soapstone, Kyanite, Asbestos, MicaOccurrence
Unnamed DepositFeldspar, Asbestos, Kyanite, Mica, Talc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Unnamed GypsumGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Unnamed KaolinClayOccurrence
Unnamed Rare Earth DepositREEOccurrence

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
Beals4.4 miles21
Eau Clair (historical)5.2 miles21
Jefferson Island6.1 miles21
Stringtown (historical)6.8 miles21
Harrison7.4 miles21
Pony7.7 miles22
Harrison Mill7.9 miles21
Shaws9.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 791674. 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.