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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Madison County | LAKE TROUT |
| 7 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Madison County | WHITEROCK RANCH |
| 11 August 2015 | Natural | 52 acres | Butte Field Office | PERRY CANYON |
| 10 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BEALL |
| 24 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Jefferson County | NFIRS INCIDENT #662 |
| 23 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Jefferson County | 202066 |
| 20 July 1999 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | MILL CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmond Forest | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Iron King Claim | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Stratiform | |
| Jackman-Ogle | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Mammoth-Butte | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Perry Canyon | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Perry Canyon Tungsten | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Strawn Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1921 | |
| Strawn Mine | Gold, Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Montana No 1 Mine | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Star | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| Iron Rod (historical) | 8.2 miles | 17 | |
| Mammoth | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Leiterville | 12.1 miles | 17 | |
| Twin Bridges | 14.3 miles | 16 | |
| Jefferson Island | 16.0 miles | 21 | |
| Summit Valley | 16.2 miles | 21 | |
| Pony | 16.4 miles | 22 |
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.









