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Birdseye, Montana

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59602. It stands on Park Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austin quadrangle.

Birdseye within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Birdseye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,527 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined37
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Natural29
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning11
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte Field OfficeSKELLY GULCH
7 September 2003Railroad operations and maintenance45 acresCentral Land Officenot named
7 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCentral Land OfficeFORT HARRISON
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTOBIN MA
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresCentral Land OfficeHIDDEN VALLEY MA
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreButte Field OfficeSUNNY VISTA
3 September 2019Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresCentral Land OfficeAUSTIN RD
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeSHARPTAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 119 workings within 5 miles of Birdseye: 70 past producers, 27 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 6 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Lead, Silver. 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
Austin DistrictGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Iron, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1880
Baldy Smith MineIron, Arsenic, Lead, ManganesePast Producer
Blue Cloud DistrictLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Tin, TungstenPast ProducerVEIN, TACTITE, DISSEMINATED
Blue Jay MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, AntimonyPast Producer1900
Clay Deposit Northwest of Scratchgravel HillsBrick ClayOccurrenceShale
Come Again and Crown GroupGold, Silica, SilverUnknown
Copper HillSilver, Iron, GoldPast Producer1900, 1910
Copper Hill MineSilver, Gold, IronPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Ella MineGold, REE, ManganesePast Producer
Franklin MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Silica, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Birdseye in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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
April 2023FloodBirdseye$100,000Lewis and Clark County Sheriff's Office reported the high bridge over the Dearborn River was washed out. Public works closed the road at Flat Creek. Several secondary roads across the area were flooded at times. Flooding across northwest Helena also occurred, especially west of Birdseye Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindBirdseye-A metal barn made of 2 by 4s and railroad ties was destroyed. Debris blown 70 feet away. Event time and location estimated.
June 2013Flash FloodBirdseye-Flash flooding conditions developed in the Corral Fire burn scar area in response to heavy rains from strong thunderstorms in the area.

Every storm recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Tobin3.1 miles28
Gearing3.5 miles26
Seven Mile (historical)4.1 miles28
Iron5.0 miles28
Blue Cloud (historical)5.1 miles26
Austin5.4 miles26
Dotsonville (historical)5.4 miles30
Broadwater5.4 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 800456. 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.