Dalys, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Clark Canyon-Horse Prairie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. It stands on Bill Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dalys quadrangle.
On record in Dalys
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.
- William F. Henneberry Homesteadlisted 2019 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Dalys quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Dalys between 1996 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Natural | 1.3 acres | Central Land Office | LOVELLS |
| 2 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BARBECUE |
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Dillon Field Office | I 15 MM 50 |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | VABM MOONEY |
| 3 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 168 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PIPE ORGAN |
| 22 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Beaverhead County | MM 50 |
| 21 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PIPE ORGAN |
| 20 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead County | HENNEBERRY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Dalys: 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Silica, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barretts Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Daly's Spur Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Dalys Spur Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Vanadium, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Grasshopper Placers #'sS 1 & 2 | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Bentonite | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Clay Occurrence | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Brown Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Daly's Spur | Silica | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Daly's Spur | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Lovell Springs | Geothermal | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayling | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Barretts | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Frenchie Place | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Ford | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Armstead (historical) | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 11.6 miles | 19 | |
| Dillon | 11.8 miles | 14 | |
| Yankee Flat (historical) | 12.5 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770432. 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.







