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Trask, Montana

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Elk Park. The Survey maps it on the Elk Park Pass quadrangle.

Trask within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Trask between 1992 and 2020, burning about 792 acres in total. 10 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
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMOULTON RESEVOIR ROAD
30 September 2012Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestNEZ PERCE
26 September 2011Natural15 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSHEEPSHEAD
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHAYSTACK MOUNTAIN
24 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMOLTEN RES
4 August 2011Natural80 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestWHITETAIL PEAK
31 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestKONDA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Trask: 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Manganese, Copper, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bonanza LodeCopper, Gold, Cobalt, Zinc, SilverUnknown
Montreal StarGold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Cobalt, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, TelluriumPast Producer1895
NellieSilver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Nellie MineSilver, Lead, GoldPast ProducerGold
SunsetGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Sunset MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast ProducerGold
William Barth ClaimsManganese, Copper, SilverProspect
Woodville DepositTungstenOccurrence
Butte- Elk Park ExtensionSilver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Golden GateGold, Silver, CopperProspect1895

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Woodville3.8 miles28
Elk Park4.9 miles27
Pappas Place9.6 miles15
Bernice11.5 miles28
Paul Place12.1 miles15
Homestake12.4 miles15
Welch13.0 miles15
Big Foot (historical)14.2 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 792356. 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.