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Garnet, Montana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Drummond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59832. It lies near Anaconda Hill. The Survey maps it on the Elevation Mountain quadrangle.

Garnet within Granite County

On record in Garnet

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Garnet between 1992 and 2020, burning about 180 acres in total. 71 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
Natural71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDEEP CREEK
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreMissoula Field OfficeSOUTHERN CROSS SPRIN
26 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 September 1998Naturalunder an acreButte Field OfficeWASHOE CK.
25 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMissoula Field OfficeELEVATION MOUNTAIN
16 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
13 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDRY MULKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 127 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 127 workings within 5 miles of Garnet: 68 past producers, 27 occurrences, 25 unknowns, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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
Baker and Sullivan MineSilver, Lead, CopperProducerGalena
Big Horn Calcium QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blue Moon MineTungsten, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Coloma DistrictBarium-Barite, Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead, AntimonyPast Producer1897
Dandy MineGold, Silver, Uranium, ZincOccurrence
Elk Creek Barite MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincProducer1951
Elk Creek DistrictGold, Barium-BaritePast Producer1886
Fairview MineGold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum, Tellurium, Barium-Barite, BismuthPast ProducerBismuth, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Silver, Tetrahedrite
Fairview MineGold, Silver, BismuthUnknown
First Chance (Garnet) DistrictGold, TungstenProducerSKARN

Every working recorded in Granite County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Garnet in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021HailGarnet-This particular thunderstorm developed off the outflow boundary from a previous severe storm affecting Missoula and Powell Counties. The FBAN on the Anderson Hill Fire reported large hail and heavy rain had fallen on the fire. In fact, he said sufficient hail had fallen to cover the ground white. The storm continued to Monture Ranger Station where a ranger reported 2 hail and damage to vehicle windscreens (unknown number of vehicles).

Every storm recorded in Granite 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
Stump Town (historical)0.5 miles19
Beartown2.2 miles19
Springtown3.6 miles19
Top O'Deep4.2 miles19
Bearmouth7.9 miles20
Ozan10.0 miles19
Byrne10.3 miles20
Bradman10.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771716. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.