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Happy Haven, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Whitefish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59937. It stands on Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitefish quadrangle.

Happy Haven within Flathead County

On record in Happy Haven

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Happy Haven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Debris and open burning31
Natural14
Recreation and ceremony14
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeLION MTN
7 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeWOODS LAKE
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeHIDEAWAY
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeHELLROARING CREEK
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land Officenot named
4 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeHIDDEN VALLEY
4 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNorthwestern Land Officenot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeFISH HOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Happy Haven: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Copper. 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
Hamilton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Micho MineCopperOccurrence
Unnamed Kaolinitic ClayClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Flathead 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
Whitefish0.3 miles12
Ramsey (historical)0.8 miles12
Vista4.6 miles12
Round Prairie5.2 miles12
Halfmoon5.4 miles12
Lazy Day Court7.2 miles11
Big Sky Colonial Manor7.9 miles11
La Salle8.6 miles11

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 Q122588439The 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 1795858. 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.