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Wall City, Montana

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59733. It stands on Pikes Peak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Griffin Creek quadrangle.

Wall City within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Wall City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 886 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1

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
4 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficePHOSPHATE
22 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGOLD CREEK #2
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWILLOW CREEK #2
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeWILLOW CREEK
4 August 2004Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
29 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeCLARK FORK RIVER
2 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCARTEN CREEK
18 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeGOLD CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Wall City: 28 past producers, 7 unknowns, 7 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Silver, Silver, Gold. 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
Big Sky Ready Mix SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lost Creek DistrictSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Limestone, General, AntimonyPast Producer1890
Alice Marie PlacerGold, SilverUnknown
Pioneer District-MontanaGold, SilverPast Producer1852
Reservoir Hill PlacerGold, SilverPast ProducerPlacer
Valley Concrete Pit No 1SilverPast Producer
Perkins Creek Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrencePumice
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Powell 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
Lingenpolter1.7 miles23
Pioneer2.6 miles23
Goldcreek3.0 miles23
Dutton4.1 miles23
Jens5.5 miles20
Brock Creek6.0 miles22
Garrison6.9 miles22
Sharkeyville (historical)8.6 miles22

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 Q122594006The 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 792768. 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.