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Corral, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Philipsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59858. The Survey maps it on the Antelope Creek quadrangle.

Corral within Granite County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

22 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Corral between 1993 and 2018, burning about 31 acres in total. 10 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
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
1 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBATHHOUSE CREEK
4 August 2000Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
3 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
19 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeSLUICE GULCH
16 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
10 August 2000Natural3.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Corral: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite, 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Antelope Creek DistrictGold, Copper, Silver, Barium-BaritePast Producer1900
Mountain Ram MineGold, Silver, Barium-BaritePast Producer1906
Silver King MineSilver, GoldProducerUnknown
Silver King MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadProducer1925
Cabin HomeGold, SilverPast Producer
Silver King MineGold, SilverOccurrence
Antelope CreekGoldUnknown
Mountain Ram MineGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Granite 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
Porters Corner5.6 miles15
Clark (historical)8.3 miles15
Philipsburg8.4 miles15
Echo Lake (historical)9.2 miles16
Rumsey9.7 miles15
Granite10.4 miles17
Maxville16.8 miles16
Princeton17.2 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794144. 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.