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Donlan, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59866. It stands on Donlan Flats. The Survey maps it on the Keystone Peak quadrangle.

Donlan within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Donlan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 450 acres in total. 85 started naturally. 1 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
Natural85
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Recreation and ceremony17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestHWY 135 MM 15
9 September 2009Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestLOWER 7 MILE
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestPENINSULA
5 September 2009Natural3.5 acresLolo National ForestSEVEN MILE #2
4 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestFLAT TIRE
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestPOWERMILL
28 September 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresLolo National ForestSOUTH SEVENMILE
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestDONLAN TRAILHEAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Donlan: 9 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc. 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
Keystone DistrictZinc, Lead, SilverProducerVEINS AND SHEAR ZONES
Keystone MineSilver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein
Little AnacondaSilver, Zinc, LeadProspect
Little PittsburgCopper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Little Pittsburg MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite
Little Pittsburg MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, AntimonyUnknown
MontezumaLead, Antimony, ZincProspect
Montezuma ProspectLead, Zinc, AntimonyOccurrence
Nancy Lee MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Nancy Lee MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanders 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
Quinns7.1 miles8
Island City (historical)8.0 miles8
Paradise8.2 miles9
Plains9.4 miles8
Knowles11.8 miles9
Weeksville13.7 miles7
Blanchards Corner16.0 miles7
Perma18.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782472. 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.