BlockDryhead, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the East Carbon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59014. The Survey maps it on the East Pryor Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Dryhead
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Ewing-Snell Ranchlisted 1977
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS East Pryor Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1989 USGS Bridger quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS East Pryor Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Dryhead (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 70 acres in total. 16 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Crow Agency | DEADHORSE |
| 28 August 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DRYHEAD VISTA |
| 28 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | DAVIS CRK |
| 22 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | SALTLICK |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 27 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DRY HEAD |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Miles City Field Office | CLEARCUT1 |
| 8 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | HEIDEL |
| 31 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Miles City Field Office | BIKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dryhead (historical): 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deadman Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Dryhead Agate Mine | Semiprecious Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Pryor Mtns | Uranium | Occurrence | Fluorite, Tyuyamunite |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1726764. 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.