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Dunham, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59864. The Survey maps it on the Ronan quadrangle.

Dunham within Lake 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

119 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Dunham between 1994 and 2020, burning about 226 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony18
Fireworks17
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Smoking1

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 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlathead AgencyBURNBARREL
8 September 2014Debris and open burning1.2 acresFlathead AgencyMTN. VISTA
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlathead AgencyBAPTISTE RD
6 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlathead AgencyLIGHT RD
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlathead AgencyCOURVILLE
4 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlathead AgencyJOHN DEERE
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreFlathead AgencyROCK CREEK
30 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlathead AgencyBARTEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Dunham: 14 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
QuarryStoneUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Pablo0.8 miles8
Mountain View (historical)3.3 miles9
Turtle Lake4.7 miles9
Belle-Vue Court5.7 miles7
Ronan5.8 miles8
Kerr6.0 miles7
Polson6.1 miles7
Jette8.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 770903. 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.