Abe, Montana

23 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 59720. It lies near Dry Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Bucks Nest quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Abe within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

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
1950 USGS Cameron quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
1988 USGS Bucks Nest quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Bucks Nest quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

4 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Abe (historical) between 2003 and 2018, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	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
12 September 2011	Natural	10 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	RUBY CREEK
7 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.5 acres	Central Land Office	not named
10 April 2003	Debris and open burning	9.5 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	TALC MINE FIRE
24 October 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	WALL CREEK

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Abe (historical): 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Gold, Manganese, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Cherry Creek Deposit	Manganese, Iron	Prospect	1917
Johnny Gulch Iron	Iron, Gold	Past Producer	1900, 1934
Johnny Gulch Iron Deposit	Titanium, Iron	Past Producer	1900, 1934
Johnny Gulch Pumicite	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Property	Tungsten, Molybdenum	Prospect
Manganese Occurrence	Manganese	Occurrence
Manganese Occurrence	Manganese	Occurrence
Cherry Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Ruby Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Placer
Ruby Creek Placer	Gold	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Woodward Place	7.5 miles	20
Cameron	11.0 miles	21
Varney	13.7 miles	20
Grahams Place	13.8 miles	17
Schusters Place	13.8 miles	17
Reeder Place	16.8 miles	15
Cliff Lake	17.1 miles	17
Tate Place	17.7 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797588. 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.