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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.

Grayling within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

16 since 1992

Regional 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 use5
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresDillon Field OfficeI 15 MM 50
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestVABM MOONEY
3 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance168 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPIPE ORGAN
29 August 2014Naturalunder an acreDillon Field OfficeCLARK CANYON HUB
23 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use15,387 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCLARKS CANYON
27 July 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.6 acresCentral Land OfficeCLARK CANYON
23 July 2009Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHENNEBERRY RIDGE
22 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBeaverhead CountyMM 50

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cedar CreekPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumOccurrence
Daly's Spur AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Vanadium, REE, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Dalys Spur AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Vanadium, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-FluoriteUnknown
Grasshopper Placers #'sS 1 & 2GoldUnknown
Henneberry Ridge SynclinePhosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Nickel, Vanadium, Chromium, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Daly's SpurSilicaPast ProducerSurface
Daly's SpurSilicaProspect
Grasshopper Creek OccurrencePumiceOccurrence
Pipe Organ TuffPumiceOccurrence

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
Dalys3.4 miles16
Frenchie Place5.5 miles16
Armstead (historical)5.6 miles10
Barretts7.2 miles14
Ford9.3 miles14
Red Rock10.1 miles10
Centerville (historical)11.2 miles19
Yankee Flat (historical)12.1 miles19

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 Q93439348The 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.