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Gearing, Montana

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59602. It stands on Threemile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austin quadrangle.

Gearing within Lewis and Clark County

On record in Gearing

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Gearing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 719 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 2 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Natural23
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Debris and open burning20
Recreation and ceremony11
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresCentral Land OfficeHIDDEN VALLEY MA
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreButte Field OfficeSUNNY VISTA
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeSHARPTAIL
27 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTHE INCIDENT
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined614 acresCentral Land OfficeBIRDS EYE
14 September 1997Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeSMOKING GUNN
9 August 2016Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeSILVER CR.
8 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCentral Land OfficeHEAD LANE #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 66 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Gearing: 42 past producers, 15 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 3 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, 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
Clay Deposit Near Silver CreekClayOccurrenceChlorite, Quartz
Clay Deposit Northwest of Scratchgravel HillsBrick ClayOccurrenceShale
Come Again and Crown GroupGold, Silica, SilverUnknown
Come Again and Crown GroupsGold, Silver, SilicaPast ProducerVein
Elizabeth MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ArsenicPast ProducerGalena, Gold, Lead, Mimetite
Ella MineGold, REE, ManganesePast Producer
Golden CrownGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Golden Crown MineGold, Silver, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer1893
Guy Silver MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Hematite Iron MineGold, Iron, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Silver City3.4 miles20
Birdseye3.5 miles26
Iron4.3 miles28
Tobin5.5 miles28
Trinity (historical)5.8 miles20
Seven Mile (historical)6.2 miles28
Evergreen Court7.7 miles28
Weed7.9 miles23

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 Q122572928The 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 800837. 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.