Tarkio, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Alberton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59872. It lies near McGinty Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Tarkio quadrangle. It stands 2,936 feet above sea level.
On record in Tarkio
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 1 record
Scenic Bridgelisted 2010
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Tarkio quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Tarkio quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Tarkio quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
163 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Tarkio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,434 acres in total. 79 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MCMULLAN PEAK |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | RIVULET EDDY |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | FISH CAMP |
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | RIVULET #2 |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | TARKIO |
| 2 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SUNRISE CR |
| 17 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MICAYUNE GULCH 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Tarkio: 10 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Beryllium, Gemstone, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffee Pot Lode | Beryllium, Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Quartz Creek Silica Rock Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | Quartz | |
| Coffee Pot Lode | Beryllium | Occurrence | Emerald | |
| Big Nugget Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Gildersleeve Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| High Channel Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Highbar Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Highbar Placer | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Meadow Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Meadow Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tarkio in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Hail | Tarkio | - | Golf ball size hail was reported to KECI TV Meteorologist from a weather spotter in Tarkio. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quartz | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Crescent City (historical) | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lozeau | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Westfall | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Cyr | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Riverbend | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Mouth (historical) | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| Amador (historical) | 12.7 miles | 8 |
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 Tarkio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7686277 | 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 791898. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




