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Cedar, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59844. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cabinet quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cedar within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Cedar (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKootenai National ForestMM7
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestBLUE CREEK
4 September 2019Natural3.0 acresCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeLAST DAY
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoeur d'Alene Field OfficeLONE CEDAR
24 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestBIG EDDY
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National Forest207
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestSTATE LINE
12 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestBLUE CREEK BLUES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Cedar (historical): 6 occurrences, 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead. 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
Amazon PropertyLead, ZincProspect
Blue Creek MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Red Fir ClaimsCopper, SilverPast Producer
RyanGold, Copper, LeadUnknown
BrokenLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Carpie ProspectSilver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Gopher Hole MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
HummerGold, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Carpie MineCopper, SilverProspect
Frederick and Wind GroupCopper, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanders 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
Heron3.2 miles14
Smead (historical)9.1 miles14
Noxon13.4 miles12
Tuscor20.9 miles12
Larchwood25.8 miles12
Trout Creek27.6 miles13
Childs34.8 miles9
White Pine36.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1780949. 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.