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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 30 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1899 USGS Helena Special quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Helena and Vicinity quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Elliston quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2001 USGS Helena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
230 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 42 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | BROOKLY BRIDGE |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | TUCKER GULCH/ |
| 5 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | GO DEVIL |
| 30 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Central Land Office | RODNEY RIDGE |
| 30 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | GLORY HOLE |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Butte Field Office | ROCKY |
| 3 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | SHEEP MOUNTAIN |
| 28 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | SHEEP MTN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 69 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird Mine | Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Colorado Gulch Deposit | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Colorado Gulch Deposits | Tungsten, Garnet | Occurrence | Garnet, Scheelite | |
| Free Coinage | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Free Coinage Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Good Chance | Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Helena District | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Tungsten, Arsenic, Marble, Dimension, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1864 | |
| Helena Hot Spring | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Helena Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Independent Mine | Gold, Copper, Tungsten, Uranium, Zinc | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Hail | Unionville | - | Large hail, measuring 1.75 inches (golf ball sized), was reported along with heavy rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park City | 1.3 miles | 30 | |
| Dotsonville (historical) | 4.1 miles | 30 | |
| Broadwater | 4.3 miles | 30 | |
| Helena | 4.4 miles | 30 | |
| Kenwood (historical) | 4.6 miles | 30 | |
| Blue Cloud (historical) | 5.2 miles | 26 | |
| Seven Mile (historical) | 6.3 miles | 28 | |
| Tobin | 6.7 miles | 28 |
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 Unionville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q15637963 | 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 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.














