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Tucker, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Victor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59875. It stands on Fred Burr Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton North quadrangle.

Tucker within Ravalli County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Tucker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3

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
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBitterroot National ForestNEW TRAILHEAD
25 September 2008Debris and open burning1.4 acresBitterroot National ForestROLLIN
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRavaIIi CountyCFD - CFS2008-0630
3 August 2019Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestPRINTZ
13 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreBitterroot National ForestBURNING BARREL
6 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi CountyPFD- CFS2007-0730
5 July 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestCOW CR. OVERLOOK
3 July 2019Naturalunder an acreRavaIIi CountyD1 - MUTUAL AID - GASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Tucker: 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Pumice. 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
Dsck MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Ore Finder GroupSilver, Copper, GoldProspect
Pleasant ViewSilver, CopperPast Producer1871
Victor Placer AreaTitanium, Metal, Thorium, Garnet, Zirconium, IronOccurrenceGarnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon
Corvallis PumicitePumiceOccurrence
Sheafman CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown
Unnamed LocationPumiceOccurrence
Victor DepositTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumProspect
Bitterroot PrinceSilverPast Producer
BluebirdSilverProspect

Every working recorded in Ravalli 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
Cobb2.8 miles16
Victor3.2 miles15
Victor Crossing3.2 miles17
Quast3.6 miles16
Woodside Crossing4.0 miles17
Woodside4.0 miles17
Corvallis4.2 miles16
Dutch Hill (historical)4.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 792433. 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.