BlockFrom the record
One of 18 National Register listings published here for Madison County · listed in 1987 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Strawberry Mine Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
The listing
- Address. Roughly Bounded by Strawberry Ridge, Pony Rd., and Pony Creek, Pony, 59747
- When was it listed? August 1987
- Category. district
- Also known as. Pony MRA
- Census division. Harrison
- National Register reference number. 87001265 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Strawberry Mine Historic District between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,304 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 32 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CATARACT |
| 5 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CARMICHAEL |
| 15 September 2020 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Madison County | HWY 359 |
| 15 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 27 acres | Madison County | WILSON LANE |
| 25 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 21 August 2020 | Natural | 3.8 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | POTOSI |
| 31 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BEAR GULCH |
| 3 July 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HOLLOWTOP |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Strawberry Mine Historic District: 38 past producers, 10 occurrences, 9 prospects, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope-Pony | Platinum, Iridium, Osmium | Occurrence | ||
| Antelope-Pony District | Chromium, Osmium, Iridium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Blue Rock and May Basket | Lead, Silver, Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Boss Tweed and Clipper | Gold, Silver, Iron, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Bozeman Mine | Gold, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Garnet Gold Mine | Gold, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Garnet Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Jumper Claims | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mammoth Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1870 | |
| Mineral Hill | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pony, the town this property stands in, in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pony | - | Beaverhead/Deerlodge National Forest Personnel estimated between 200 to 250 acres of trees were blown down from a severe thunderstorm that moved over the area. the blow down resulted in a trail leading back to Granite Lake in the Tobacco Root Mountains to become blocked. At least four people became stranded and had to be rescued by the joint effort of the Madison County Search and Rescue, Forest Service Fire Team, and US Airforce helicopter support. A storm survey conducted by National Weather Service Great Falls discovered that this event was a microburst. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pony Historic District | 1.9 miles | 1987 | |
 | Powder House | 3.0 miles | 1987 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87001265 in Record Group 79. |
| Madison County | All 18 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.