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Coughlin, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helmville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59843. It lies near Mineral Hill. The Survey maps it on the Marcum Mountain quadrangle.

Coughlin within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Coughlin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
2 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
15 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMINERAL HILL
10 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 2016Naturalunder an acreMissoula Field OfficeARRASTRA CREEK
5 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
4 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDRY CREEK
30 August 2016Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeTRAPPER MOUNTAIN
3 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeKLEINSCHMIDT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Coughlin: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Brick Clay, Silver, 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
Clay Deposit Along the Blackfoot RiverBrick ClayOccurrenceUnknown
Marcum Hill MinesSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Marcum Hill MinesLead, Silver, GoldOccurrence
Royal MineGold, SilverOccurrence
Moose Creek PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Raleigh PlacerGoldPast Producer1885
Wasson Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Powell 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
Helmville4.6 miles21
Geary7.6 miles14
Ovando11.2 miles14
Mannix14.7 miles21
Finn17.6 miles22
Keiley18.7 miles22
Reynolds City19.3 miles19
Sharkeyville (historical)21.1 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 798949. 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.