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Finn, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59713. It stands on Halfway Creek. The Survey maps it on the Finn quadrangle.

Finn within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

36 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Finn between 1993 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeJEFFERSON CREEK 2
4 September 2012Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestSHELDON CREEK
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMissoula Field OfficeGALLAGHER CREEK
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGALLAGHER CREEK
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestAMERICAN GULCH
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCOW GULCH
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeBUFFALO GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Finn: 17 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper, Silver. 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
Finn DistrictGold, SilverPast ProducerVEINS, PLACER
GrayGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Humdinger GroupGold, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Humdinger MineGold, Copper, SilverProducerVein
All PlacerGoldPast Producer
American Gulch PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
American Gulch PlacerGoldPast Producer
Belmont MineGoldProspect
Buffalo GulchGoldPast Producer
Buffalo GulchGoldPast Producer

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
Keiley1.2 miles22
Mannix3.5 miles21
Quigley8.6 miles24
McGillvary9.3 miles24
McDonald10.2 miles24
Blackfoot City (historical)10.3 miles24
Sharkeyville (historical)11.1 miles22
Avon12.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 783393. 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.