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Woodin, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59727. It stands on Tucker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tucker Creek quadrangle.

Woodin within Silver Bow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Woodin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. 6 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSOUTH FORK DIVIDE CREEK
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined136 acresSilver Bow CountyTUCKER CREEK
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSHEEP GULCH
9 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSOUTH FORK RESEVOIR
27 August 1992Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
23 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
23 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
31 July 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution176 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPUMP STATION

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Woodin: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Tungsten, Copper. 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
Highland Mountains AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, REE, Uranium, VanadiumPast Producer
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Limestone OccurrenceCalcium, Stone, Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension, MagnesiteUnknown
Mary Francis ClaimGoldPast ProducerVein
Tucker Creek DepositsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Brown Claim GroupFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Brown ProspectFluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Cayuga ClaimCopperPast ProducerBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Melaconite
Helehan ProspectCopperUnknown
Warren ProspectTungstenOccurrenceContact Metasomatic

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Johnson1.6 miles16
Feely4.6 miles16
Divide4.6 miles16
Butte-Silver Bow (balance)6.8 miles16
Moose Town7.9 miles16
Maiden Rock8.1 miles17
Quinn8.3 miles17
Buxton9.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 793504. 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.