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Bonner Junction, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59802. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Missoula quadrangle.

Bonner Junction within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

425 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 425 fires within 5 miles of Bonner Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,187 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 14 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined207
Debris and open burning63
Recreation and ceremony60
Natural46
Smoking16
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY TRAIL FIRE
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMM 3 HWY 200
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeST. LAWRENCE CREEK
6 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDEER CREEK CAMPFIRE
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY CANYON CAMPFIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bonner Junction: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Brick Clay, Lead, Zinc. 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
Bonner QuarryStonePast Producer
Clay Deposit In Northeast MissoulaBrick ClayPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Douglas Creek PlacerGoldProducer
Juniper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Stock PileLead, ZincUnknown
Western Materials IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wheeler PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Milltown0.8 miles18
Piltzville1.0 miles17
West Riverside1.3 miles18
Bonner1.3 miles17
Carols Court1.6 miles18
Mountain View Court1.7 miles18
Pinegrove1.8 miles18
Turah3.2 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122553936The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 780222. 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.