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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.

West Valley within Deer Lodge County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

82 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined31
Recreation and ceremony16
Natural15
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK #2
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK
25 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWASHOE PARK
21 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
16 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBIG GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 63 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anaconda QuarryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumOccurrence
Area North of Warm Springs CreekPhosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Uranium, Vanadium, REEProspect
Black Chief Iron MineIron, ZincPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Blue-Eyed Nellie DistrictLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Silica, Limestone, General, DolomitePast Producer1880
Blue-Eyed Nellie MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, CadmiumPast Producer1885
Blue-Eyed Nellie MineSilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Bresnahan and FennerSilver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Cobalt, BismuthOccurrenceScheelite
Browns QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Cameron MineSilver, Silica, Lead, CopperPast Producer1885, 1965
Cameron MineSilver, Copper, Lead, SilicaUnknown

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
Stump Town1.0 miles16
Sunnyside2.9 miles21
Lost Creek4.2 miles21
Anaconda4.5 miles21
Mine Creek8.0 miles21
Mill Creek8.1 miles21
Staton8.9 miles21
Cable City (historical)10.3 miles16

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.