Delano Place, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59727. It stands on Delano Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burnt Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Burnt Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Burnt Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Delano Place between 1992 and 2012, burning about 8 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BEAVERTAIL |
| 25 September 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LIBBY CREEK |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BELL CANYON |
| 1 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | RIMROCK |
| 9 July 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | JERRY CREEK FIRE |
| 29 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | GERMAN GULCH 2 |
| 12 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | STARLITE MTN FIRE |
| 19 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Butte Field Office | QUARTZ |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Delano Place: 5 prospects, 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conquest | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Fleecer Mountain Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Hungry Hill Mine | Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Indian Queen Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Jacqueline Mine | Lead, Antimony, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Mount Fleecer-Jerry Creek Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, REE, Uranium, Vanadium | Prospect | ||
| Patsy Ann | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Prices Gulch Prospect | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown Shaft | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Newcomb | Silver, Lead | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sciuchetti Place | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Buxton | 8.1 miles | 16 | |
| Feely | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Durant | 9.1 miles | 21 | |
| Hackney | 9.7 miles | 21 | |
| Woodin | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Finlen | 10.2 miles | 21 | |
| Fairmont Hot Springs | 10.2 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563100 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802084. 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.








