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White City, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59065. It stands on Balm of Gilead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Emigrant quadrangle.

White City within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of White City between 1993 and 2019, burning about 12,070 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
15 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePark CountyMILE 575
3 August 1999Natural10 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestCHICO
15 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestCONLIN GULCH
15 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestMESS KIT
12 August 1994Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
1 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestPRIZE
30 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,202 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestSIX MILE
21 July 2013Natural10,850 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestEMIGRANT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 134 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 134 workings within 5 miles of White City: 60 prospects, 47 unknowns, 16 occurrences, 8 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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
AlaskaSilver, Zinc, Gold, LeadUnknown
Allison TunnelMolybdenum, Silver, Gold, CopperUnknown
Arrastra Ridge AreaGold, Copper, Silver, LeadProspect
Barbara Anne ProspectSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, BismuthOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite
Basic Metals MineCopper, Silver, Lead, Gold, ZincProspect
BorniteGold, Lead, CopperProspect
Chico Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Chico Hot SpringsStone, DimensionUnknown
CrystalCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrence
DuvGold, Copper, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Park 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
Chico1.6 miles21
Chico Hot Springs2.4 miles21
Merriman5.0 miles22
Emigrant5.2 miles21
Pray5.3 miles20
Glastonbury5.3 miles22
North Glastonbury5.7 miles22
Montanapolis Springs (historical)6.4 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 793188. 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.