Grayling, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Clark Canyon-Horse Prairie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59725. It stands on Ashbaugh Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dalys quadrangle. It stands 5,390 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1952 USGS Dalys quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Grayling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,644 acres in total. 4 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 use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Dillon Field Office | I 15 MM 50 |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | VABM MOONEY |
| 3 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 168 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | PIPE ORGAN |
| 29 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Dillon Field Office | CLARK CANYON HUB |
| 23 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15,387 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CLARKS CANYON |
| 27 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.6 acres | Central Land Office | CLARK CANYON |
| 23 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HENNEBERRY RIDGE |
| 22 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Beaverhead County | MM 50 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Grayling: 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Pumice, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Daly's Spur Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Dalys Spur Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Vanadium, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Unknown | ||
| Grasshopper Placers #'sS 1 & 2 | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Henneberry Ridge Syncline | Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Nickel, Vanadium, Chromium, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Daly's Spur | Silica | Past Producer | Surface | |
| Daly's Spur | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Grasshopper Creek Occurrence | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Pipe Organ Tuff | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalys | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Frenchie Place | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Armstead (historical) | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Barretts | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ford | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Red Rock | 10.1 miles | 10 | |
| Centerville (historical) | 11.2 miles | 19 | |
| Yankee Flat (historical) | 12.1 miles | 19 |
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 Q93439348 | The 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 771951. 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.







