West Valley, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Anaconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It lies near Hatcher Field. The Survey maps it on the West Valley quadrangle.
On record in West Valley
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Anaconda Saddle Clublisted 2007 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1908 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS West Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Philipsburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS West Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of West Valley between 1992 and 2019, burning about 98 acres in total. 15 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/undetermined | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CLEAR CREEK #2 |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | CLEAR CREEK |
| 25 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WASHOE PARK |
| 21 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 6 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | BIG GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of West Valley: 25 occurrences, 24 past producers, 10 unknowns, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Tungsten, Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Quarry | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Area North of Warm Springs Creek | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Uranium, Vanadium, REE | Prospect | ||
| Black Chief Iron Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Blue-Eyed Nellie District | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Silica, Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, Cadmium | Past Producer | 1885 | |
| Blue-Eyed Nellie Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bresnahan and Fenner | Silver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Cobalt, Bismuth | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Browns Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Cameron Mine | Silver, Silica, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1965 | |
| Cameron Mine | Silver, Copper, Lead, Silica | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stump Town | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sunnyside | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Lost Creek | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Anaconda | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Mine Creek | 8.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mill Creek | 8.1 miles | 21 | |
| Staton | 8.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cable City (historical) | 10.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806825. 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.







