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Gorus, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Darby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59829. It lies in Gorus Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Darby quadrangle.

Gorus within Ravalli County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Gorus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,602 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 1 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
Natural49
Recreation and ceremony43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning8
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreRavaIIi CountyD2 - MUTUAL AID - COAL MINE RD
6 September 2018Natural1.0 acresBitterroot National ForestTIN CUP 2
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestGOLF BALL
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestLOST HORSE DAM
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestSTELLA
5 September 2010Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National ForestJERRY FIRE
5 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBitterroot National ForestTIN CUP PARTY
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi CountyE MILES AVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gorus: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Thorium, Lead, Titanium, Metal, Thorium, Iron. 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
Lost Horse CreekTitanium, ThoriumUnknown
Slate Creek MineLeadOccurrenceVein
Victor Placer AreaTitanium, Metal, Thorium, IronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Ravalli 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
Como1.9 miles17
Darby2.8 miles17
Holtet Court2.8 miles17
University Heights3.1 miles17
Charlos Heights4.4 miles16
Ward6.3 miles16
Peaks and Pines Park6.5 miles10
Conner9.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 784131. 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.