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Unionville, Montana

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59601. It lies near Arrastra Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle. 206 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,920 feet above sea level.

Unionville within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Unionville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,541 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 5 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
Natural74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Recreation and ceremony42
Debris and open burning28
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Fireworks3
Equipment and vehicle use3
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
8 September 2009Fireworksunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestBROOKLY BRIDGE
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestTUCKER GULCH/
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeGO DEVIL
30 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficeRODNEY RIDGE
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeGLORY HOLE
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte Field OfficeROCKY
3 September 1995Natural1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeSHEEP MOUNTAIN
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeSHEEP MTN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 69 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 69 workings within 5 miles of Unionville: 25 past producers, 17 occurrences, 11 unknowns, 8 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Uranium. 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
Blue Bird MineCopper, Gold, Iron, SilverProspect
Colorado Gulch DepositMagnesiteOccurrence
Colorado Gulch DepositsTungsten, GarnetOccurrenceGarnet, Scheelite
Free CoinageSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Free Coinage MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Good ChanceGold, CopperOccurrence
Helena DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Tungsten, Arsenic, Marble, Dimension, DolomitePast Producer1864
Helena Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Helena Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Independent MineGold, Copper, Tungsten, Uranium, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Unionville in 1 storm report in 2014: 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
August 2014HailUnionville-Large hail, measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized), was reported along with heavy rain.

Every storm recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Park City1.3 miles30
Dotsonville (historical)4.1 miles30
Broadwater4.3 miles30
Helena4.4 miles30
Kenwood (historical)4.6 miles30
Blue Cloud (historical)5.2 miles26
Seven Mile (historical)6.3 miles28
Tobin6.7 miles28

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.

Wikipedia article on UnionvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15637963The 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 801637. 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.