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Warm Springs, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Warm Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It stands on Silver Bow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs quadrangle. It stands 4,813 feet above sea level.

Warm Springs within Deer Lodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Warm Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 115 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2017Smokingunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 September 2017Smokingunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
22 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCATTLE GUARD
31 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWARM SPRINGS
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresDeer Lodge CountyPINTLER VISTA
25 August 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
11 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDRY COTTONWOOD
11 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Warm Springs: 12 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, Copper, Copper, Lead, 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
Dry Cottonwood CreekSapphire, GoldOccurrence
Jackpot MineCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Last Resort ClaimLead, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Lucky Sunday MineSilver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Timber GulchLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Unnamed MineralsGold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Warm SpringsGeothermalProducer
Lucky Sunday MineCopper, Lead, SilverPast ProducerUnknown
St Louis MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Deer Lodge 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
Morel2.3 miles21
Galen3.8 miles21
Fredrickson (historical)4.5 miles21
Opportunity5.6 miles21
Stuart6.6 miles21
Mine Creek7.4 miles21
Mill Creek7.7 miles21
Staton7.9 miles21

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 Warm SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4409917The 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 806822. 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.