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Victor Crossing, 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 North Channel Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bing quadrangle.

Victor Crossing 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Victor Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,402 acres in total. 4 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 burning11
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural4

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
2 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
2 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi County710 MOON SHADOW LN
4 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestV FIRE
20 August 1992Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National Forestnot named
26 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestBIG CK. OVERLOOK
25 July 1992Natural1.0 acresBitterroot National Forestnot named
19 July 2003Recreation and ceremony1,350 acresBitterroot National ForestBIG CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Victor Crossing: 9 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Silver, Gold, Titanium. 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
CurlewGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincProducerPyrite
CurlewSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Curlew MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, GoldPast Producer1887, 1891
Mccalla CreekTitanium, Iron, ZirconiumUnknown
Mccalla Creek Placer AreaGarnet, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Zirconium, IronOccurrenceGarnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon
Smith MineSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincProspectVein
Smith MineSilver, Copper, Zinc, Lead, GoldOccurrence
Strife ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Victor DepositTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumProspect
Victor Placer AreaTitanium, Metal, Thorium, Garnet, Zirconium, IronOccurrenceGarnet, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Zircon

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
Victor1.5 miles15
Bell Crossing2.0 miles17
Etna (historical)2.5 miles17
Bing2.8 miles17
Tucker3.2 miles17
Cobb4.9 miles16
Cinnabar Court5.0 miles17
Mountain Shadows Estates5.9 miles17

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 Q122549217The 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 792702. 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.