Dailey, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Gardiner-Cooke City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59027. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dailey Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Dailey
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John Hepburn Placelisted 2005 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Fridley Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Dailey Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Gardiner quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2000 USGS Dailey Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Dailey (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 15,230 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SIX MILE |
| 8 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | FORK |
| 30 July 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,202 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | SIX MILE |
| 29 July 2006 | Natural | 14,000 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BIG CREEK |
| 2 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BURN PILE |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dailey (historical): 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Claire | Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Marve | Gold | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Glastonbury | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Glastonbury | 4.1 miles | 22 | |
| Kotke | 4.4 miles | 22 | |
| Merriman | 5.1 miles | 22 | |
| Carbella | 6.6 miles | 21 | |
| North Glastonbury | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Miner | 7.3 miles | 21 | |
| Chico | 7.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782040. 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.










