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Argenta, Montana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. It lies near Quartz Hill. The Survey maps it on the Argenta quadrangle.

Argenta within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

10 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Argenta between 1994 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. 5 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
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
19 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLONG JOHN
18 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBEER BLAZE
1 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDIANE'S
19 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBANNOCK PASS
7 July 1999Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRODEO
25 July 2009Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestKELLEY GULCH
13 July 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
26 June 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHUMBOLDT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 160 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 160 workings within 5 miles of Argenta: 80 past producers, 44 occurrences, 22 prospects, 10 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Argenta DistrictGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1862
Argenta MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Birch Creek-Cave Gulch AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Capital MineCopper, Zinc, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1940
Cave CreekPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Coolidge MineSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Copper BellLead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Copper Bell MineLead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1875
Eight BallGold, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Ermont GroupGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1927, 1934

Every working recorded in Beaverhead County

Storms near this place

4 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Argenta in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2021: 2 heavy rain, 1 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2021Thunderstorm WindArgenta-Mesonet station MTM14.
June 2020Heavy RainArgenta-Mesonet station French Creek raws fcrm8.
August 2014Heavy RainArgenta-Heavy rain, measuring 1.34 inches in 20 minutes, was reported with small hail.
July 1997HailArgenta-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Beaverhead 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
Ermont Mill3.0 miles18
Bond10.6 miles15
Centerville (historical)10.6 miles19
Apex10.8 miles17
Bannack10.8 miles19
Yankee Flat (historical)10.9 miles19
Frenchie Place11.7 miles16
Ford11.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801997. 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.

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.