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Ashleys Settlement, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59873. It stands on Thompson River. The Survey maps it on the Eddy Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ashleys Settlement within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Ashleys Settlement (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,229 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 8 were 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
Natural41
Debris and open burning24
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2

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
8 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestMRL 24
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresLolo National ForestDYKSTRA HILL
5 September 1999Smokingunder an acreLolo National ForestBACK TO SCHOOL
5 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLolo National ForestBACK TO SCHOOL
3 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestCOPPER KING #5
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National Forestnot named
24 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestTIMBER TIGER
2 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestAIRPORT ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Ashleys Settlement (historical): 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth. 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
Goat CreekMolybdenum, Tungsten, Beryllium, Copper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceMo Skarn? LF porphyry Mo (?)
Raven MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, BismuthPast Producer1880
Raven MineCopper, SilverPast Producer
Silver KingZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Silver King MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Bismuth, AntimonyPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Clark Fork ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Copper KingCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Copper King MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, BismuthPast Producer1885, 1890
Deacon PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Tindall Construction Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sanders 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
Snider2.4 miles10
Thompson Falls5.4 miles13
Eddy6.1 miles10
Shannonville (historical)9.1 miles13
Belknap10.4 miles13
Weeksville13.9 miles7
Talc14.1 miles13
White Pine17.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1780981. 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.