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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.

Dailey within Park County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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 1994

Regional 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestSIX MILE
8 July 1998Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestFORK
30 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,202 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestSIX MILE
29 July 2006Natural14,000 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestBIG CREEK
2 July 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBURN PILE
29 June 1994Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Marble ClaireSilver, CopperUnknown
MarveGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Park 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
South Glastonbury3.0 miles22
Glastonbury4.1 miles22
Kotke4.4 miles22
Merriman5.1 miles22
Carbella6.6 miles21
North Glastonbury6.7 miles22
Miner7.3 miles21
Chico7.5 miles21

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.