Tuscor, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59874. It stands on Blacktail Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noxon Rapids Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1932 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000
- 1936 USGS Trout Creek quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Noxon Rapids Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Noxon Rapids Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Tuscor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 540 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GALENA |
| 22 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SWAMP CREEK |
| 21 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GOAT RIDGE |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | MARTEN SOUTH |
| 17 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | MARTEN CREEK NORTH |
| 15 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BUCK DRAW |
| 14 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SWAMP CREEK |
| 11 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | HWY 200 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tuscor: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Fork Placer Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| White Penny Lode | Copper, Silver | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuscor in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larchwood | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Trout Creek | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Noxon | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Smead (historical) | 12.0 miles | 14 | |
| Childs | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| White Pine | 15.6 miles | 13 | |
| Heron | 17.7 miles | 14 | |
| Talc | 18.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122539874 | 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 792480. 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.







