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Donald, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. The Survey maps it on the Pipestone Pass quadrangle. It stands 6,306 feet above sea level.

Donald within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Donald between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,835 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 3 were 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
Recreation and ceremony65
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
29 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPOWER
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHERMAN GULCH
2 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHIGHLAND
2 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDOG POND
2 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
17 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
13 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBEAVERPOND
9 August 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBICYCLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Donald: 29 past producers, 14 occurrences, 10 unknowns, 6 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver, 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
19 Mile Nickel DepositNickelUnknown
Bear Cat ProspectGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Denny ProspectTungsten, MolybdenumUnknown
Highland View ClaimGold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Talc-SoapstonePast Producer1931
Limestone OccurrenceGarnet, Limestone, DimensionOccurrence
Moose Creek-Fish Creek TraverseGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Moscow ProspectLead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceVein
OverlookGarnet, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Limestone, General, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceContact Metasomatic
Overlook Group MineGold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Pohndorf AmethystGemstone, SilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Homestake5.5 miles15
Welch8.4 miles15
Cedric8.7 miles16
Pappas Place9.4 miles15
Vendome10.0 miles15
Pipestone Hot Springs11.0 miles15
Pipestone11.0 miles15
Paul Place12.9 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on DonaldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657774The 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 782466. 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.