Woodward Place, Montana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59729. The Survey maps it on the Varney quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Varney quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Varney quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Varney quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Woodward Place between 1999 and 2008, burning under an acre in total. 3 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 | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SPRUCE SPRING |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DRY HOLLOW RIDGE |
| 25 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DOUBTFUL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Woodward Place: 22 occurrences, 9 past producers, 8 prospects, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Manganese, Mica, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek Deposit | Manganese, Iron | Prospect | 1917 | |
| Cherry Creek Pegmatite. | Kyanite, Copper, Manganese | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Kyanite, Psilomelane | |
| Johnny Gulch Pumicite | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Property | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Vetter Deposit | Feldspar, Mica | Past Producer | Muscovite | |
| Cherry Creek | Cobalt | Occurrence | Hollandite | |
| Cherry Creek Cobalt | Cobalt | Occurrence | ||
| Cherry Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Occurrence | Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| Varney | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Abe (historical) | 7.5 miles | 23 | |
| Summit | 10.7 miles | 20 | |
| Reeder Place | 13.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tate Place | 14.5 miles | 15 | |
| Virginia City | 14.7 miles | 21 | |
| Ennis | 15.0 miles | 29 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563422 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 793535. 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.











