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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.

Dalys within Beaverhead County

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.

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

12 since 1996

Regional 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 use3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 1998Natural1.3 acresCentral Land OfficeLOVELLS
2 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBARBECUE
3 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDillon Field OfficeI 15 MM 50
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestVABM MOONEY
3 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance168 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPIPE ORGAN
22 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBeaverhead CountyMM 50
21 July 1999Railroad operations and maintenance50 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPIPE ORGAN
20 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead CountyHENNEBERRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barretts PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Daly's Spur AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, REE, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Dalys Spur AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Vanadium, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Grasshopper Placers #'sS 1 & 2GoldUnknown
Unnamed BentoniteClayOccurrence
Unnamed Clay OccurrenceBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Brown SpringsGeothermalProducer
Daly's SpurSilicaPast ProducerSurface
Daly's SpurSilicaProspect
Lovell SpringsGeothermalProducer

Every working recorded in Beaverhead 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
Grayling3.4 miles16
Barretts3.8 miles14
Frenchie Place5.6 miles16
Ford5.8 miles14
Armstead (historical)9.0 miles10
Centerville (historical)11.6 miles19
Dillon11.8 miles14
Yankee Flat (historical)12.5 miles19

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.