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Cedric, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59759. The Survey maps it on the Grace quadrangle.

Cedric within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Cedric between 1996 and 2019, burning about 4,325 acres in total. 7 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
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHIGHWAY 2
28 August 2012Natural3,789 acresButte Field OfficeNINETEEN MILE
14 August 1998Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLOWER RADER
11 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE CABIN
1 August 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTOLL MOUNTAIN
25 July 1999Recreation and ceremony9.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTOLL
20 July 1997Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBIG DOUG
19 July 2008Natural518 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCACTUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cedric: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Copper, Silica. 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
19 Mile Nickel DepositNickelUnknown
GraceSilicaOccurrence
JupiterSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1945
Lewis Kountz RanchPumiceOccurrence
Little Pipestone Creek PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer1905
Moscow MineSilver, CopperPast Producer
Moscow ProspectLead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceVein
DumosStonePast Producer
Trevillion-Johnson Memorial Co.StonePast Producer
Gold ValleyGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Vendome1.4 miles15
Pipestone Hot Springs5.1 miles15
Pipestone5.3 miles15
Piedmont7.0 miles15
Renova7.4 miles15
Welch7.8 miles15
Tippet Place8.2 miles15
Donald8.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 781122. 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.