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Grace, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59759. It stands on Two Heart Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grace quadrangle.

Grace within Silver Bow County

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

27 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Grace between 1996 and 2020, burning about 4,326 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony11
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHIGHWAY 2
5 August 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFISH CREEK
3 August 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestNORTH FORK OF LITTLE PIPESTONE
28 August 2012Natural3,789 acresButte Field OfficeNINETEEN MILE
27 August 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFISH CREEK 2
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHAIL PIGEON
18 August 2006Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPIGEON
14 August 2009Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPIGEON RIDGE

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Grace: 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Gold, Silver, Gemstone, Quartz. 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
19 Mile Nickel DepositNickelUnknown
Lewis Kountz RanchPumiceOccurrence
Moscow MineSilver, CopperPast Producer
Moscow ProspectLead, Silver, ZincOccurrenceVein
Scenic LodeSilver, GoldOccurrence1934
Stratton MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
DumosStonePast Producer
Edna Kibler ProspectIronUnknown
Gold ValleyGoldPast Producer
GraceSilicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in Silver Bow 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
Red Mountain (historical)8.3 miles15
Highview9.4 miles15
Highland City (historical)9.9 miles16
Nine-mile9.9 miles15
Royston (historical)10.7 miles16
Janney11.3 miles15
Newcomb12.7 miles17
Moose Town12.8 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.

Wikipedia article on GraceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20657814The 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 784142. 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.