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Welch, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Pipestone Rock. The Survey maps it on the Delmoe Lake quadrangle.

Welch within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

162 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Welch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 649 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 2 were 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
Recreation and ceremony103
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE WILLIE
6 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestASPEN SPRING
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOMESTAKE 3
5 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOMESTAKE
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDRY MOUNTAIN
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLILY
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestROCK FLATS
21 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJUNCTION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Welch: 26 past producers, 12 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 5 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, 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
Blue Bell MineLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1909
BluebellLead, Copper, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Easter LillieLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Easter Lillie MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincOccurrenceVein
Flagg PlacerSilica, Gold, REE, ZincPast ProducerPlacer
Gold Bug MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1911
Golden ValleyGold, Lead, Silver, CopperUnknown
Grubstake LodeGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProspect1939
King MineSilver, LeadOccurrenceVein
Lost HatchetGold, Copper, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Pappas Place3.6 miles15
Paul Place4.5 miles15
Pipestone5.0 miles15
Homestake5.1 miles15
Pipestone Hot Springs5.1 miles15
Tippet Place7.0 miles15
Cedric7.8 miles16
Donald8.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 792927. 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.