Sylvanite, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Troy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59935. It stands on Crawford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sylvanite quadrangle. 98 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,690 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresSylvanite fell from 103 to 98 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 103 | |
| 2020 | 98 | -5 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Sylvanite quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Yaak River quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Sylvanite quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Sylvanite between 1992 and 2020, burning about 609 acres in total. 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SKOOKUM |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | DEAD BATTERY |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | YAAK FALLS |
| 26 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Kootenai National Forest | SEVENTEEN MILE |
| 13 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | INDEPENDENCE |
| 11 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | EASTSIDE |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SADDLE MOUNTAIN |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | ABE'S BEARD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sylvanite: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Flint-Key Stone | Gold, Lead, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Sylvanite | Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Yaak Falls | Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Ferrel | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Haywire | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| New Morning Glory | Gold, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yaak | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Yakt | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Troy | 17.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kootenai Falls | 19.1 miles | 14 | |
| Green Acres | 27.3 miles | 14 | |
| Libby | 28.2 miles | 14 | |
| Stonehill (historical) | 30.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dodge Summit | 30.7 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sylvanite | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6136742 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 791836. 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.





