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Westview Park, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59808. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Missoula quadrangle.

Westview Park within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

346 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of Westview Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 305 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined207
Debris and open burning100
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissoula County200430
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestGRANT CREEK
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDODD RANCH ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Westview Park: 10 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Barium-Barite, Clay. 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
Holiday ClaimSilver, Lead, Zinc, GoldOccurrenceVein
HollidaySilver, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
L.S. Jensen & Sons Inc.StoneProducer
Silicon ProspectSilicaOccurrence
Stock PileLead, ZincUnknown
Unnamed KaolinClayOccurrence
Rattlesnake Creek BariteBarium-BariteOccurrence
Wheeler's MillBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unnamed PumicePumiceUnknown
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Travois Village2.1 miles15
Hell Gate (historical)3.1 miles15
Orchard Homes3.4 miles14
De Smet3.5 miles15
Grant Creek (historical)3.7 miles15
Missoula3.8 miles18
Wye5.1 miles15
Grass Valley5.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1781507. 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.