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Frenchie Place, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. The Survey maps it on the Eli Spring quadrangle.

Frenchie Place within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

8 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Frenchie Place between 2002 and 2019, burning about 60 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
3 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDillon Field OfficeI 15 MM 50
27 July 2017Natural3.5 acresDillon Field OfficeMAGPIE
23 July 2009Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHENNEBERRY RIDGE
18 July 2002Natural23 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTIMBER BUTTE
27 June 2016Other causesunder an acreDillon Field OfficeCOLD CREEK
30 May 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreDillon Field OfficeDALYS
10 April 2014Debris and open burning31 acresDillon Field OfficeHENNEBERRY CABIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Frenchie Place: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Nickel, Vanadium, Chromium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Daly's Spur AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, REE, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Dalys Spur AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Vanadium, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Grasshopper Claims #1Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Grasshopper Creek OccurrencePumiceOccurrence
Grasshopper ProspectZinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, SilverOccurrence1977
Henneberry Ridge SynclinePhosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Nickel, Vanadium, Chromium, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Bannock PlacerGoldPast Producer
Cold Spring PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Davis Syndicate PlacerGoldPast Producer
Grasshopper PlacerGoldPast Producer

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
Grayling5.5 miles16
Dalys5.6 miles16
Centerville (historical)6.0 miles19
Yankee Flat (historical)6.9 miles19
Bannack7.0 miles19
Barretts7.5 miles14
Ford9.2 miles14
Armstead (historical)9.6 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122544126The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771630. 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.