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Haugan, Montana

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59842. It stands on Timber Creek. The Survey maps it on the Haugan quadrangle. 58 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,140 feet above sea level.

Haugan within Mineral County

On record in Haugan

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

72 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Haugan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 44 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
Natural44
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 2003Natural1.5 acresLolo National ForestCRUZANE MTN.
3 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLolo National ForestSALTESE
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestWEST TWIN CREEK
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestBROKEN HEART
17 September 2006Naturalunder an acreIdaho Panhandle National ForestCOPPER GREY WFU
13 September 2003Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestDEBORGIA
12 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestBIG CREEK FIRE
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestFLAT CRUZANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Haugan: 16 occurrences, 10 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Lead, 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
Black Traveler and Burlong MinesSilver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Copper Rock MineLead, Silver, Zinc, CopperOccurrence
East Coeur D Alene MineSilver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
East Coeur D'Alene MineLead, Silver, Copper, ZincOccurrenceVein
Hugo MineCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Minnick MineCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast ProducerVein
Saltese Consolidated MineLead, ZincOccurrence
Saltese Consolidated MineLead, ZincOccurrence
Texas MineLead, Copper, Silver, ZincOccurrence
True FissureSilver, LeadProspect

Every working recorded in Mineral County

Storms near this place

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haugan in 1 storm report in 2006: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006HailHaugan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mineral 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
De Borgia2.9 miles11
Henderson5.1 miles11
Saltese6.1 miles12
Cabin City7.3 miles11
Drexel8.7 miles11
Bryson9.6 miles12
Taft10.8 miles12
Foraker12.2 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on HauganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5682365The 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 784625. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.