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Gauglersville, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Martinsdale-Ringling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59053. It stands on South Fork Musselshell River. The Survey maps it on the Martinsdale quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Gauglersville within Meagher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gauglersville (historical) between 2017 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use2

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
6 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use582 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named
22 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWheatland CountyFDH-MTLG44-364

Every fire recorded in Meagher County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gauglersville (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. 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
William Hendrix PropertyManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Meagher 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
Martinsdale3.0 miles16
Groveland7.5 miles17
Findon (historical)8.9 miles18
Lebo11.9 miles17
Lennep15.1 miles17
Checkerboard15.4 miles17
Bruno20.4 miles19
Robinson20.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762752. 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.