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Hughesville, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Geyser census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59463. It stands on Daisy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barker quadrangle.

Hughesville within Judith Basin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Hughesville between 1996 and 2020, burning about 36 acres in total. 3 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
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Debris and open burning1

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
19 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestDRY SNOW
25 August 2013Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestSAWMILL RIDGE
17 August 1996Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestOTI PARK
10 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestLOGGING CAMP I
10 August 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestDRY CAMP I
23 July 2006Natural3.2 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestBARKER
17 July 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestCHARCOAL CREEK
10 July 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestDRY BENDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Judith Basin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 62 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Hughesville: 34 prospects, 23 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Zinc, Lead, Lead, Zinc, 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
BarkerLead, Zinc, SilverProducerGalena, Marmatite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Bell and Southern BellSilver, Cadmium, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Block PLead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Block P MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast Producer1879, 1880
Doktor Kalloch MineZinc, Silver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1887, 1888
HughesvilleSilver, Copper, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceStockwork
Liberty GroupSilver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Cadmium, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1875, 1897
Liberty MineSilver, Lead, Gold, ZincPast Producer
Lucky Boy PegmatiteMicaProspect
May & EdnaLead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Judith Basin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hughesville in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2011: 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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
June 2011FloodHughesville-Flooding continued to affect area roads and communities until water receded to more normal levels.
June 2007Tornado (EF1)Hughesville-Storm survey indicated tornadic damage path beginning on the eastern slope of Big Baldy Mountain...then continuing eastward for 5 miles. Path width varied from 10 yards to 100 yards. Damage to trees generally blown down or snapped off. Damage greatest on south side of path with trees converging into the path. Main damage swath continued eastward over an adjacent ridge and down the other side. Near end of damage path...tree fall indicated cyclonic swirl pattern. Tornado damage rated as EF1 consistent with winds of 100 mph.

Every storm recorded in Judith Basin 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
Barker0.9 miles16
Kibbey (historical)8.4 miles16
Mann (historical)13.4 miles13
Raynesford13.9 miles13
Spion Kop13.9 miles14
Geyser14.2 miles13
Surprise Creek Colony16.6 miles13
Cameron (historical)17.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802123. 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.