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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Eli Spring quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2002Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Dillon Field Office | I 15 MM 50 |
| 27 July 2017 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Dillon Field Office | MAGPIE |
| 23 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HENNEBERRY RIDGE |
| 18 July 2002 | Natural | 23 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | TIMBER BUTTE |
| 27 June 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Dillon Field Office | COLD CREEK |
| 30 May 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Dillon Field Office | DALYS |
| 10 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 31 acres | Dillon Field Office | HENNEBERRY CABIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daly's Spur Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Dalys Spur Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Vanadium, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Grasshopper Claims #1 | Gold, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Grasshopper Creek Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Grasshopper Prospect | Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | 1977 | |
| Henneberry Ridge Syncline | Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Nickel, Vanadium, Chromium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Bannock Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Cold Spring Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Davis Syndicate Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Grasshopper Placer | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grayling | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Dalys | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 6.0 miles | 19 | |
| Yankee Flat (historical) | 6.9 miles | 19 | |
| Bannack | 7.0 miles | 19 | |
| Barretts | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ford | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Armstead (historical) | 9.6 miles | 10 |
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 Q122544126 | The 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.







