BlockBefore

Talc, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59874. It lies near Finley Flats. The Survey maps it on the Belknap quadrangle.

Talc within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Talc between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,473 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 1 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
Natural44
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSPRING BEAR
24 September 1996Other causesunder an acreKootenai National ForestFOOTE GULCH
20 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestMOSQUITO #2
2 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestGRIMEY BEAR
2 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresLolo National ForestBLUE SLIDE
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestEAST THORNE
14 September 2002Smokingunder an acreLolo National ForestCOUGAR PEAK
10 September 2007Smokingunder an acreKootenai National ForestSPRING CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Talc: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Lead, 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
Colcar Peak BlockSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceGalena
Lucky LukeGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Lucky Luke MineCopper, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1905

Every working recorded in Sanders 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
White Pine3.0 miles13
Belknap4.2 miles13
Childs4.9 miles9
Shannonville (historical)5.8 miles13
Thompson Falls9.8 miles13
Trout Creek11.8 miles13
Larchwood13.6 miles12
Snider14.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 791864. 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.