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Greenough, Montana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Seeley Lake-Blackfoot Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59823. It lies near Jones Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Greenough quadrangle.

Greenough within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Greenough between 1992 and 2020, burning about 108 acres in total. 54 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Debris and open burning10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes1
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
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeATV
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDOG PILE
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMORE OR LESSON
5 September 2009Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGAME ON
4 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeSANTA PAWS
25 September 2002Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
22 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficePOLARIS
20 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeUB STUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Greenough: 7 past producers, 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Copper, Copper, Mica, Silver. 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
Elk Creek Barite MineBarium-Barite, Lead, ZincProducer1951
Elk Creek DistrictGold, Barium-BaritePast Producer1886
Missoula LimestoneLimestone, GeneralUnknown
Olympiad MineGold, Copper, Mica, SilverUnknown
Morse & KennedyCopperPast Producer
Morse and Kennedy MineCopperPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Coloma PlacerGoldPast Producer
Elk Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer1886
Unnamed GoldGoldOccurrence
Elk Creek Barite Mine & DepositBarium-BaritePlant1943, 1951

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Barite2.0 miles19
Sunset2.2 miles19
Coloma5.9 miles16
Clearwater6.6 miles14
Yreka6.8 miles19
Copper Cliff7.5 miles16
Potomac7.9 miles17
McNamara12.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 784307. 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.