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Waterloo, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Twin Bridges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59759. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waterloo quadrangle.

Waterloo within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Waterloo between 1994 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Debris and open burning3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use50 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
15 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreMadison CountyLAKE TROUT
7 August 2019Naturalunder an acreMadison CountyWHITEROCK RANCH
11 August 2015Natural52 acresButte Field OfficePERRY CANYON
10 August 2019Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBEALL
24 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson CountyNFIRS INCIDENT #662
23 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresJefferson County202066
20 July 1999Natural2.5 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMILL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Waterloo: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Silver, Copper, 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
Edmond ForestGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Iron King ClaimIron, ManganesePast ProducerStratiform
Jackman-OgleManganeseProspect
Mammoth-ButteGold, SilverUnknown
Perry CanyonTungstenProspect
Perry Canyon TungstenTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Strawn MineGold, SilverPast Producer1921
Strawn MineGold, Antimony, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Montana No 1 MineIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Silver Star5.3 miles17
Iron Rod (historical)8.2 miles17
Mammoth10.0 miles16
Leiterville12.1 miles17
Twin Bridges14.3 miles16
Jefferson Island16.0 miles21
Summit Valley16.2 miles21
Pony16.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 792877. 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.