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Cameron, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59720. The Survey maps it on the Cameron quadrangle. It stands 5,377 feet above sea level.

Cameron within Madison County

On record in Cameron

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

5 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cameron between 2007 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
15 September 2020Debris and open burning1.8 acresMadison CountyMILL CREEK
4 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestKELLY RANCH
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.5 acresCentral Land Officenot named
31 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMadison CountyODELL
6 May 2013Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMILL CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Cameron: 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Kyanite, Feldspar, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Kent and Miller MineManganeseUnknown
Gulch A PegmatitesKyanite, MicaOccurrenceKyanite, Muscovite
Rim Rock DepositMica, FeldsparOccurrence1941
Tait Mountain ClaimsTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Unnamed Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Unnamed Mica DepositMica, FeldsparOccurrence
Yellowstone MineTalc-SoapstoneProducer
Merlin GroupMicaProspect
Morgan Gulch MicaMicaUnknown

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

10 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cameron in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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
June 2020Heavy RainCameron-Mesonet station divm8 18.1 nw Lakeview.
June 2020Heavy RainCameron-Mesonet station shcm8 22.3 Virginia City.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCameron-Mesonet recorded 61-mph thunderstorm wind gust 2-miles SSW of Cameron.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCameron-Mesonet station 2-miles SSW of Cameron recorded 59-mph peak gust from thunderstorm.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindCameron-Mesonet station 22-miles SW of Cameron recorded 58-mph peak gust from thunderstorm.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindCameron-Raynolds Pass mesonet reported 66 mph thunderstorm gust.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCameron-A wind gust of 58 MPH was measured at the Ennis fish hatchery.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindCameron-High winds measuring 55KT (63MPH) were reported at the Dillon Portable RAWS #2.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindCameron-A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 70 mph at Cameron 12S.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindCameron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Varney4.8 miles20
Woodward Place6.6 miles20
Jeffers10.1 miles29
Ennis10.4 miles29
Abe (historical)11.0 miles23
Summit13.4 miles20
Watkins15.1 miles29
Virginia City15.5 miles21

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.

Wikipedia article on CameronAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5026158The 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 806907. 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.