BlockWhite Pine, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59874. It stands on Basin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belknap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1937 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1937 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Belknap quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Belknap quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
91 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 91 fires within 5 miles of White Pine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,487 acres in total. 49 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | SPRING BEAR |
| 24 September 1996 | Other causes | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | FOOTE GULCH |
| 2 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GRIMEY BEAR |
| 18 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | POWERLINE #2 |
| 14 September 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COUGAR PEAK |
| 10 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | SPRING CREEK |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | DEEP IN BEAR |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | LARCH POINT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of White Pine: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colcar Peak Block | Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | Galena |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childs | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Talc | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Belknap | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Shannonville (historical) | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Trout Creek | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Larchwood | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Thompson Falls | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tuscor | 15.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 793202. 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.