Dodgetown, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Ryegate census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59074. The Survey maps it on the Ryegate West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Dodgetown within Golden Valley County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1889 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Big Snowy Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Roundup quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1986 USGS Ryegate West quadrangle1:24000
1993 USGS Harlowton quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dodgetown (historical) between 2003 and 2017, burning about 962 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
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
11 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Northeastern Land Office	not named
23 July 2003	Debris and open burning	696 acres	Northeastern Land Office	not named
19 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	264 acres	North Central Montana District	TODD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Golden Valley 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 Dodgetown (historical): 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
	Minnemann Ranch	Clay	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Golden Valley 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
Barber	1.3 miles	11
Ryegate	5.5 miles	11
Golden Valley Colony	5.7 miles	11
Franklin	6.7 miles	11
Seventynine (historical)	11.6 miles	11
Slayton Junction (historical)	15.9 miles	11
Cushman	16.9 miles	11
Rothiemay	17.4 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1723002. 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.