Haskell, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Drummond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59832. The Survey maps it on the Dunkleberg Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Haskell within Granite County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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.

1919 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1921 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
1989 USGS Dunkleberg Creek quadrangle1:24000
1996 USGS Dunkleberg Creek quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

28 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Haskell (historical) between 1994 and 2017, burning about 290 acres in total. 10 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
Natural	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	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
9 September 2003	Smoking	1.0 acres	Southwestern Land Office	not named
5 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Southwestern Land Office	not named
30 September 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	RUSH LIMBAUGH
14 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Southwestern Land Office	DUNKELBERG CREEK
9 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Southwestern Land Office	ELK PEN
7 August 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Southwestern Land Office	GOUGH CREEK
6 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Southwestern Land Office	WALLACE RANCH
30 August 1999	Equipment and vehicle use	15 acres	Southwestern Land Office	COBERLY GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Haskell (historical): 9 occurrences, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Brick Clay, Diatomite, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Bert Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Unknown
Clay Deposit In Haskell Area	Bloating Material	Occurrence	Chlorite, Feldspar, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Lead Deposit	Lead, Silver	Occurrence
Jens Area	Diatomite	Unknown
New Chicago	Diatomite	Unknown
Clay Deposit Near Haskell	Brick Clay	Occurrence	Unconsolidated Sediments
Clay Deposit Near Hoover Creek	Brick Clay	Occurrence	Calcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Hematite, Illite, Kaolin, Quartz
Clay Deposit Near Hoover Creek Road	Brick Clay	Occurrence	Illite, Kaolin, Quartz
Dry Gulch Pumice Deposit	Pumice	Occurrence	Pumice

Every working recorded in Granite 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
New Chicago	5.3 miles	19
Drummond	6.6 miles	19
Hall	8.3 miles	20
Sherryl	10.1 miles	20
Bradman	11.2 miles	19
Ozan	12.2 miles	19
Stone	12.2 miles	20
Maxville	14.4 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 784609. 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.