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Woodville, Montana

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Rampart Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Elk Park Pass quadrangle.

Woodville within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

24 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Woodville between 1994 and 2020, burning about 96 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMOULTON RESEVOIR ROAD
24 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMOLTEN RES
4 August 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPENNY
31 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestKONDA
26 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestELK PARK
24 August 2012Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestELK PARK
24 August 2012Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSECTION 32

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 154 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 154 workings within 5 miles of Woodville: 96 past producers, 19 occurrences, 18 prospects, 15 unknowns. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Manganese. 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
Ajax MineSilica, Copper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Alice MineSilver, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Manganese, BerylliumPast Producer1960
Belmont MineCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, ArsenicPast Producer1957
Birdie MineSilver, Tungsten, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer1880
Black Rock MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, ManganeseProducerRhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sphalerite
Bonanza LodeCopper, Gold, Cobalt, Zinc, SilverUnknown
Bullwhacker MineMolybdenum, CopperOccurrence
Butte DistrictLead, Zinc, Manganese, Silver, Copper, Gold, Tellurium, Sulfur, Cadmium, Selenium, Calcium, BismuthProducer1880
Butte East Pit S & GSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Butte, Veins (Anaconda)Copper, Silver, Gold, Bismuth, Cadmium, Manganese, Zinc, Lead, Selenium, TelluriumPast Producer1875, 1880, 2000

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Trask3.8 miles28
Pappas Place7.2 miles15
Elk Park8.7 miles27
Homestake9.1 miles15
Welch10.9 miles15
Paul Place11.3 miles15
Donald14.3 miles15
Bernice15.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 793530. 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.