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Danielsville, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Deer Lodge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59722. The Survey maps it on the Pozega Lakes quadrangle.

Danielsville within Powell 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

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Danielsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,974 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
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
2 September 2011Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRACETRACK
11 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
11 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeTHORNTON RIDGE
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPOWELL
8 August 2008Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestUPPER LOST CREEK
5 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMARBLE PARK
31 August 2011Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBIELENBURG 2
24 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestGINGER GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Danielsville: 11 occurrences, 10 past producers, 7 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, 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
Copper Lode ProspectCopper, Silver, Lead, ZincOccurrence1902
Copper Lode ProspectCopper, Zinc, SilverOccurrence
DanielsvilleLead, ZincUnknown
Phosphate Prospect-Upper Boulder CrPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Powell MinesSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincUnknown
Racetrack DistrictGold, Lead, Copper, Silver, TungstenPast Producer1895
Swiss ProspectSilver, Copper, GoldOccurrence1959
Tungsten Mine ProspectTungsten, Silver, Lead, Manganese, ChromiumOccurrenceHuebnerite
Unidentified OccurrenceTungsten, Copper, Manganese, Rhenium, ZincOccurrence
Valley View Mine No. 4Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Tetrahedrite

Every working recorded in Powell 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
Racetrack14.2 miles22
Pioneer15.4 miles23
Prison Farm16.3 miles22
Deer Lodge16.7 miles22
Lingenpolter16.8 miles23
Wall City17.8 miles23
Garrison19.3 miles22
Goldcreek20.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782079. 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.