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Clemons, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59410. It stands on Poplar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bean Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Clemons within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 10 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

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Clemons (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 819 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural1
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
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined760 acresCentral Land OfficeGOBBLERS KNOB
12 August 2018Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeCUNIFF BASIN
19 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeAUGUSTA
19 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeAUGUSTA
14 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCentral Land OfficeAUGUSTA
5 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeAUGUSTA
24 March 1999Equipment and vehicle use55 acresCentral Land OfficeJOSLIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Clemons (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc. 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
MagmaLead, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Upper Ellis Place3.9 miles10
Lower Ellis Place6.5 miles10
La Chapelle Place6.8 miles10
Frost (historical)9.3 miles13
Milford Colony10.8 miles10
Augusta12.9 miles10
Gilman14.2 miles11
Split Rock Junction14.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1789212. 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.