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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.

Tuscor within Sanders 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

60 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural20
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2011Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestGALENA
22 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreKootenai National ForestSWAMP CREEK
21 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestGOAT RIDGE
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestMARTEN SOUTH
17 September 2001Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestMARTEN CREEK NORTH
15 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLolo National ForestBUCK DRAW
14 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestSWAMP CREEK
11 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National ForestHWY 200

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clark Fork Placer MineGoldPast ProducerPlacer
White Penny LodeCopper, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Sanders County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025HailTuscor-A trained spotter reported 0.88 inch diameter hail.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTuscor-Law enforcement reported trees down near Marten Creek Bay area.

Every storm recorded in Sanders 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
Larchwood5.0 miles12
Trout Creek6.7 miles13
Noxon8.0 miles12
Smead (historical)12.0 miles14
Childs13.8 miles9
White Pine15.6 miles13
Heron17.7 miles14
Talc18.5 miles13

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 Q122539874The 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.