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Hanover, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Hanover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59457. It stands on Coyote Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glengarry quadrangle.

Hanover within Fergus County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Hanover between 1996 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. 1 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 use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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 1996Natural2.0 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictBURNETTE#2
3 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use6.7 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named
13 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFergus CountyFDH-MTLG08-120
10 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNortheastern Land Officenot named
27 May 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.3 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fergus County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Hanover: 9 occurrences, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Clay, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead. 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
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
South MoccasinGold, Silver, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite
Unnamed Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Whiteware ClayKaolinOccurrence1936
Fluorspar DepositFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Lead Chief and Lead Chief No. 2Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Republic MineLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Unnamed LocationFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Hanover Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
Hanover MineGypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1916

Every working recorded in Fergus 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
Spring Creek Junction1.1 miles8
Kingston2.3 miles8
Spring Creek Colony4.2 miles8
Amherst4.2 miles8
West Lewistown5.0 miles13
Lewistown Heights6.2 miles13
King Ranch Colony6.3 miles8
Baxter6.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 772121. 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.