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Ermont Mill, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. The Survey maps it on the Ermont quadrangle.

Ermont Mill within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

19 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Ermont Mill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 3 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
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1

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
18 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBEER BLAZE
16 September 2009Smokingunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRED BUTTE
14 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBLACK MOUNTAIN #5
1 September 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDIANE'S
19 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBANNOCK PASS
1 August 2020Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead CountyBLUE DOT MINE
1 August 2020Natural188 acresCentral Land OfficeBON ACCORD
7 July 1999Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRODEO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 162 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 162 workings within 5 miles of Ermont Mill: 80 past producers, 45 occurrences, 20 prospects, 11 producers. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Argenta DistrictGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer1862
Argenta MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Bell Ranch Clay ProspectsAluminumOccurrence
Comstock LodeAntimony, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Copper BellLead, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Copper Bell MineLead, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer1875
Durham BullCopper, Silver, Gold, ZincOccurrenceVein
Eight BallGold, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Ermont GroupGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincPast Producer1927, 1934
Ermont MinesGold, Copper, Silver, AntimonyPast Producer1926, 1932

Every working recorded in Beaverhead 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
Argenta3.0 miles19
Centerville (historical)8.4 miles19
Bannack8.4 miles19
Yankee Flat (historical)8.6 miles19
Frenchie Place10.9 miles16
Polaris12.9 miles12
Barretts13.2 miles14
Ford13.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771239. 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.