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Glendale, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59743. The Survey maps it on the Cattle Gulch quadrangle.

Glendale within Beaverhead County

On record in Glendale

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

9 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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Glendale between 1992 and 2012, burning about 39 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2004Smokingunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCHARCOAL KILN
16 August 2006Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCHERRY CREEK
10 August 2000Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTWO MILE GULCH FIRE
9 July 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPUMPKIN
26 July 1998Natural4.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJOYCE
13 July 2004Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCATTLE GULCH
26 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresDillon Field OfficeMAIDEN ROCK FISHING
25 June 1992Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Glendale: 10 past producers, 8 producers, 4 prospects, 3 occurrences. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Manganese, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Uranium, REE, Nickel, Chromium, 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
(Facility) Glendale Smelter MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPlant
Berlin ClaimsGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGalena
Berlin MineLead, Silver, GoldProspect
Hecla MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Maiden Rock SilicaStoneProducer
Melrose PhosphatePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, UraniumProducer1910
Trusty Lake SynclinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, REE, Nickel, Chromium, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Canyon Creek QuarrySilicaProducer
Canyon Creek QuarrySilicaPlant

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
Lion City (historical)8.4 miles18
Dewey10.3 miles16
Navy11.6 miles17
Patterson Corner11.9 miles14
Glen12.2 miles17
Wise River13.9 miles14
Birch Creek (historical)16.4 miles17
Sodak Mill17.3 miles16

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 Q140650139The 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 783987. 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.