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Durham, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1968. It stands in the Blackfeet Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59417. The Survey maps it on the Browning quadrangle.

Durham within Glacier County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

382 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Durham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 22 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
Fireworks118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined106
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Debris and open burning30
Smoking23
Arson/incendiarism22
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Other causes9
Natural5

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyLITTLE BULL
7 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyHE STARTED
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyBASEBALL
7 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresBlackfeet AgencySPOTTEDROB
7 September 1994Smokingunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyMUSEUMFIRE
6 September 2018Fireworksunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyBRAIDS
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresBlackfeet Agency89 NORTH
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBlackfeet AgencyDETOX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glacier County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Durham: 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium. 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
Two Medicine RidgeIron, TitaniumOccurrence
High Knob DepositIronOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Glacier 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
Starr School5.0 miles9
Star5.3 miles9
South Browning5.8 miles9
Browning6.1 miles9
North Browning6.7 miles9
East Glacier Park Village7.5 miles11
East Glacier Park7.6 miles11
Kiowa8.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802088. 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.