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Emery, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Deer Lodge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59722. It stands on Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baggs Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Emery within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Emery (historical) between 1994 and 2018, burning about 8 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 1994Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeFRED BURR CREEK
25 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestSPOTTED DOG
15 August 2015Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeNORTH WILLOW
13 August 2006Smokingunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
31 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeHIDDEN HAND
25 July 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCOTTONWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of Emery (historical): 32 past producers, 17 prospects, 13 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Antimony, Arsenic. 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
ArgusLead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Argus MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, ArsenicPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Millerite, Sphalerite
Baggs Creek Sapphire DepositCorundumOccurrencePlacer
Bell MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Cadmium, ArsenicPast ProducerGalena, Lead
Bertha MayLead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, AntimonyPast Producer1888
Bertha MayGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer1888
Black-Eyed May MineSilver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, CadmiumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Blue - Eyed Maggie MineLead, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Zinc, Copper, ArsenicPast Producer1897, 1910
Bonanza MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, ArsenicPast Producer1895, 1960
Deep Gulch Unnamed ProspectLead, Silver, Zinc, ArsenicOccurrenceGalena, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in Powell 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
Deer Lodge8.1 miles22
Prison Farm8.1 miles22
Racetrack11.2 miles22
Bradley (historical)14.1 miles23
Elliston15.0 miles24
Avon15.2 miles24
Garrison15.9 miles22
McDonald18.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1803408. 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.