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Durant, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It lies near German Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Opportunity quadrangle.

Durant within Silver Bow County

On record in Durant

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Durant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 6 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
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning2
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
6 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
19 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWILLOW CREEK
15 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
15 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
3 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresCentral Land OfficeRESERVOIR FIRE
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
28 August 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRED GATE
14 August 2015Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeHIGH RYE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Durant: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, Antimony, Uranium. 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
Clay Deposit Near Miles CrossingAggregate, Light WeightOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Crackerville Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gregson Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Mooney ClaimUranium, AntimonyOccurrence1952
Mooney ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Powder GulchTitanium, Iron, REE, Thorium, ZirconiumProspect
Silver Bow PlacerREEUnknown
Tuxedo MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed AluminumAluminumOccurrence
Beal Dyke PlacerSilver, GoldProducer

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Hackney0.7 miles21
Finlen1.2 miles21
Fairmont Hot Springs1.8 miles21
Gregson2.1 miles21
Miles Crossing3.5 miles23
Sciuchetti Place5.5 miles14
Ramsay5.7 miles23
Silver Bow6.6 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782720. 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.