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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1937 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eddy Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Eddy Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
152 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | MRL 24 |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | DYKSTRA HILL |
| 5 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | BACK TO SCHOOL |
| 5 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Lolo National Forest | BACK TO SCHOOL |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | COPPER KING #5 |
| 26 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | TIMBER TIGER |
| 2 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Lolo National Forest | AIRPORT ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Creek | Molybdenum, Tungsten, Beryllium, Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Mo Skarn? LF porphyry Mo (?) | |
| Raven Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Raven Mine | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silver King | Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silver King Mine | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Bismuth, Antimony | Past Producer | Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Clark Fork Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Copper King | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Copper King Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1885, 1890 | |
| Deacon Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Tindall Construction Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snider | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Thompson Falls | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Eddy | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Shannonville (historical) | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Belknap | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Weeksville | 13.9 miles | 7 | |
| Talc | 14.1 miles | 13 | |
| White Pine | 17.0 miles | 13 |
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.





