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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Tucker Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Tucker Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUTH FORK DIVIDE CREEK |
| 13 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 acres | Silver Bow County | TUCKER CREEK |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SHEEP GULCH |
| 9 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUTH FORK RESEVOIR |
| 27 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 23 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 23 August 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 31 July 2008 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 176 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PUMP STATION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Mountains Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, REE, Uranium, Vanadium | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Limestone Occurrence | Calcium, Stone, Limestone, Dimension, Marble, Dimension, Magnesite | Unknown | ||
| Mary Francis Claim | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Tucker Creek Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Brown Claim Group | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Brown Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Cayuga Claim | Copper | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Cuprite, Malachite, Melaconite | |
| Helehan Prospect | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Warren Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | Contact Metasomatic |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Feely | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Divide | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Butte-Silver Bow (balance) | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Moose Town | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| Maiden Rock | 8.1 miles | 17 | |
| Quinn | 8.3 miles | 17 | |
| Buxton | 9.1 miles | 16 |
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.









