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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Deer Lodge quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Baggs Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Baggs Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
15 since 1994Regional 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 ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Southwestern Land Office | FRED BURR CREEK |
| 25 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest | SPOTTED DOG |
| 15 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | NORTH WILLOW |
| 13 August 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | HIDDEN HAND |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | COTTONWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 64 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argus | Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Argus Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Millerite, Sphalerite | |
| Baggs Creek Sapphire Deposit | Corundum | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Bell Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Cadmium, Arsenic | Past Producer | Galena, Lead | |
| Bertha May | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Antimony | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| Bertha May | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | 1888 | |
| Black-Eyed May Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic, Cadmium | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| Blue - Eyed Maggie Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Antimony, Zinc, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1897, 1910 | |
| Bonanza Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1895, 1960 | |
| Deep Gulch Unnamed Prospect | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Arsenic | Occurrence | Galena, Sphalerite |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lodge | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Prison Farm | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Racetrack | 11.2 miles | 22 | |
| Bradley (historical) | 14.1 miles | 23 | |
| Elliston | 15.0 miles | 24 | |
| Avon | 15.2 miles | 24 | |
| Garrison | 15.9 miles | 22 | |
| McDonald | 18.8 miles | 24 |
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.











