BlockBefore

Toole, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59866. It lies near Tamarack Hill. The Survey maps it on the Saint Regis quadrangle.

Toole within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

220 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 220 fires within 5 miles of Toole between 1992 and 2020, burning about 259 acres in total. 128 started naturally. 2 were 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
Natural128
Recreation and ceremony21
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning16
Fireworks5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestLOWER 7 MILE
9 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestTAMARACK POWER LINE
7 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestCOLD RG.
7 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSEVEN MILE
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestST REGIS
5 September 2009Natural3.5 acresLolo National ForestSEVEN MILE #2
4 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestFLAT TIRE
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestPOWERMILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Toole: 7 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Gold, Lead, Zinc. 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
East Coeur D'Alene SilverCopper, Lead, Silver, ZincUnknown
Keith ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Little PittsburgCopper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Little Pittsburg MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite
Little Pittsburg MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, AntimonyUnknown
Nancy Lee MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Richmond Lexington Mining & MillGold, CopperOccurrence
Spitfire MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast ProducerVein
Spitfire MineGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Deadwood Gulch ProspectLead, Zinc, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Saint Regis4.6 miles12
Keystone6.1 miles8
Buford (historical)6.9 miles12
Spring Gulch7.0 miles8
Hopkins9.1 miles8
Foraker9.4 miles12
Superior11.6 miles8
Drexel12.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 777708. 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.