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Curdys Cove, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59840. It stands on Skalkaho Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hamilton South quadrangle.

Curdys Cove within Ravalli 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

39 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Curdys Cove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,301 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2018Debris and open burning5.0 acresBitterroot National ForestSAWTOOTH LANE MUTUAL AID
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi County500 STONEGATE DR UNIT 4
25 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined750 acresBitterroot National ForestWARD MTN
21 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreBitterroot National ForestGOLD CREEK
15 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestPARTY FIRE
1 September 2009Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestCAMAS
9 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestGOAT
6 August 2003Natural5.0 acresBitterroot National ForestBROOKINGS GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Curdys Cove: 5 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Quartz. 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
Bush PlaceKaolinUnknown
Canyon CreekTitanium, Thorium, Zirconium, IronUnknown
Lucky StrikeQuartzProspect
Sawtooth CreekTitanium, Iron, ThoriumUnknown
Sleeping Child QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Roaring Lion CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown
Shalkaho CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown
Palmen Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ravalli County CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Ravalli 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
Grantsdale0.4 miles16
Leisure Village3.0 miles16
Hamilton3.2 miles16
Ward3.7 miles16
Riverside5.1 miles17
Charlos Heights5.4 miles16
Woodside Crossing7.7 miles17
Woodside7.7 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122539922The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802990. 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.