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Buckingham, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the White Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59645. It stands on Gipsy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gipsy Lake quadrangle.

Buckingham within Meagher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

6 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Buckingham between 1992 and 2012, burning about 41 acres 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 ceremony1

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
3 August 2011Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestBIRCH CREEK
6 July 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National Forestnot named
28 July 2012Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestCAMAS CREEK
27 July 2006Natural40 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestMOUNT EDITH
23 July 2006Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestBIRCH CREEK
15 July 2007Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestBIRCH CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meagher County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Buckingham: 7 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Silver, Copper, Copper. 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
BourbonGold, CopperUnknown
Jack PineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
UnnamedPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Bigler GroupGoldPast Producer
Blue Jay PlacerGoldPast Producer
Camp Robber PlacerGoldPast Producer
Rich-Mich PlacerGoldPast Producer
SnowbankGoldPast Producer
Thompson CreekGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Meagher 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
Manger3.1 miles14
Langford City (historical)7.4 miles13
Springdale Colony8.8 miles13
Fort Logan11.2 miles14
Calkins (historical)14.0 miles16
White Sulphur Springs14.2 miles17
Watson15.0 miles14
Preston18.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794726. 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.