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Hungry Hollow, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Chinook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59535. It lies near Murphy Butte. The Survey maps it on the Maddux quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hungry Hollow within Blaine County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Hungry Hollow (historical) in 2020, burning about 11 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
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
4 August 2020Natural11 acresBlaine CountySMALL HOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blaine County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hungry Hollow (historical): 4 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc, 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
Bearpaw MtnsGold, Silver, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Black Diamond ClaimIronProspect
Edith M. ClaimCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Rex ClaimGold, SilverOccurrence
Edison ClaimSilver, LeadProspect
Silver King ClaimSilver, LeadProspect

Every working recorded in Blaine 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
Bearpaw (historical)4.3 miles10
Maddux4.8 miles8
Lloyd7.3 miles9
Sour Dough Flat (historical)14.8 miles7
Riedel (historical)16.1 miles7
Cleveland16.2 miles10
Rattlesnake22.4 miles10
Ramburg (historical)23.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722372. 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.