Childs, Montana

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.

• 1937 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
• 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
• 1966 USGS Seven Point Mountain quadrangle1:24000
• 1992 USGS Thompson Falls quadrangle1:100000
• 1997 USGS Seven Point Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Childs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,458 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 5 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• White Pine
• Talc
• Belknap
• Larchwood
• Trout Creek
• Shannonville (historical)

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Childs: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Sanders County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 781222. 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.