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Feely, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59750. It stands on East Fork Divide Creek. The Survey maps it on the Buxton quadrangle.

Feely within Silver Bow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

16 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Feely between 1996 and 2019, burning about 315 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Debris and open burning1

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
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSOUTH FORK DIVIDE CREEK
9 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSOUTH FORK RESEVOIR
3 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestWELL HIDDEN
28 August 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCLIMAX
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBUXTON
27 July 2000Natural2.5 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFEELY HILL
26 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPARK CANYON
19 July 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCRAZY OLSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Feely: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper. 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
Gold Chief LodeCopperProspect1936
Price PlacerREEUnknown
ClimaxSilver, GoldOccurrence
Climax Apex Lode GroupGold, SilverPast ProducerCerargyrite, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Stephanite
Climax Apex Lode GroupGold, SilverPast Producer
Lame Rabbit LodeGold, SilverOccurrence1931

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Butte-Silver Bow (balance)2.4 miles16
Woodin4.6 miles16
Buxton4.8 miles16
Johnson5.5 miles16
Sciuchetti Place6.4 miles14
Silver Bow8.8 miles23
Delano Place8.9 miles14
Ramsay8.9 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806947. 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.