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Ardrum, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Frenchtown-Wye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59808. It lies near Marent Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Missoula quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ardrum within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Ardrum (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,690 acres in total. 28 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined71
Natural28
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeEVARO #2
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDODD RANCH ROAD
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
21 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestMARENT GULCH
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
18 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula County200138

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ardrum (historical): 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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
UnknownPumiceOccurrence
UnknownPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceUnknown
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Nagos0.7 miles15
Wye2.9 miles15
Evaro3.1 miles10
Grass Valley4.2 miles14
De Smet4.4 miles15
Schilling4.6 miles14
Primrose5.2 miles14
Frenchtown5.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1781331. 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.