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Drexel, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59866. It stands on Ward Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Borgia South quadrangle.

Drexel within Mineral 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.

Fires near this place

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Drexel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 2 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
Natural74
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
19 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestNEWMAN
18 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLolo National Forestnot named
18 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLolo National Forestnot named
18 September 1994Naturalunder an acreLolo National Forestnot named
17 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLolo National Forest2 MILE
16 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLolo National ForestST. REGIS GRAVEL PIT
10 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLolo National ForestTWO MILE
1 September 2019Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestBEAR 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Drexel: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lucky StrikeSilver, Gold, LeadUnknown
Mullen BariteBarium-BaritePast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Wolf ProspectCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Monarch MineSilver, Copper, GoldOccurrence
Wolf ProspectSilver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Goldbug MineGold, SilverPast Producer
JackGoldOccurrence
JackGoldUnknown
Ward Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Cabin City2.8 miles11
Foraker3.5 miles12
Henderson3.7 miles11
De Borgia6.0 miles11
Buford (historical)6.1 miles12
Saint Regis8.2 miles12
Haugan8.7 miles11
Toole12.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782532. 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.