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Eddy, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59873. It stands on Malone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eddy Mountain quadrangle.

Eddy within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Eddy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,324 acres in total. 52 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
Natural52
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Recreation and ceremony9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestMRL 24
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresLolo National ForestDYKSTRA HILL
5 September 1999Smokingunder an acreLolo National ForestBACK TO SCHOOL
30 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestMRL-MM 17.1
30 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestMRL-MM 16.9
3 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestCOPPER KING #5
28 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSLEEPY BUCKEYE
2 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestMUNSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Eddy: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth, Silver, Gold. 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
Coeur D' Alene Star MineLead, SilverPast Producer
Coeur D'Alene Star MineLead, SilverProducer
Eddy Creek Block Claims 1 & 2Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceVein
Eddy Creek MineGold, Lead, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Raven MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, BismuthPast Producer1880
Silver KingZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Silver King MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Bismuth, AntimonyPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Copper KingCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Copper King MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, BismuthPast Producer1885, 1890
Raven MineCopper, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Sanders 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
Snider5.5 miles10
Ashleys Settlement (historical)6.1 miles10
Weeksville7.8 miles7
Thompson Falls11.5 miles13
Blanchards Corner13.9 miles7
Plains14.9 miles8
Shannonville (historical)15.0 miles13
Belknap16.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 782976. 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.