Dearborn, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Wolf Creek census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59648. It stands on Deadman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Coburn Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dearborn within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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.

1943 USGS Hogan quadrangle1:125000
1955 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1961 USGS Coburn Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
1976 USGS Choteau quadrangle1:250000
1993 USGS Dearborn River quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Dearborn (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,504 acres in total. 21 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
Natural	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
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
16 September 2013	Natural	2.0 acres	Central Land Office	COBURN
16 September 2013	Natural	under an acre	Central Land Office	SULLIVAN
9 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
9 August 2003	Natural	6.0 acres	Central Land Office	not named
6 August 2003	Natural	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
4 August 2004	Natural	6.0 acres	Central Land Office	not named
23 August 1998	Natural	under an acre	Central Land Office	HIGHWAY 287 MMP 16
21 August 1998	Natural	200 acres	Central Land Office	SPRING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Wolf Creek

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dearborn (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Metal, Iron. 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
	Dearborn River Titanium/Iron Occurrence	Titanium, Metal, Iron	Occurrence	Ilmenite, Magnetite

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Craig	10.9 miles	13
Milford Colony	11.0 miles	10
Lower Ellis Place	12.2 miles	10
Wolf Creek	13.3 miles	11
La Chapelle Place	14.4 miles	10
Upper Ellis Place	15.4 miles	10
Dennison (historical)	18.0 miles	18
Clemons (historical)	18.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1789203. 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.