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Janney, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Butte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It stands on Little Basin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Homestake quadrangle.

Janney within Silver Bow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Janney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 3 were 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 ceremony61
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE WILLIE
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOMESTAKE 3
5 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOMESTAKE
29 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPOWER
28 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE BLACKTAIL
27 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHERMAN GULCH
2 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDOG POND
2 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Janney: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Gold, Gold, Silver, 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
Cr 1StonePast Producer
Flagg PlacerSilica, Gold, REE, ZincPast ProducerPlacer
Pohndorf DepositSemiprecious GemstoneUnknown
ShortyGold, Silver, CopperProducer
ShortyCopper, Gold, SilverUnknown
Sun LodeFullers EarthProspect1920
Good Luck MineGold, SilverOccurrence
Harriet MineGold, SilverUnknown
Janney PegmatitesREEOccurrenceAllanite
Janney PegmatitesREEOccurrence

Every working recorded in Silver Bow County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Janney in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 4 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
August 2009HailJanney$5,000A trained spotter reported that the hail caused damage to the windows of his home as well as three vehicles. Tree branches were stripped from the large hail.
August 2009HailJanney$500A trained spotter reported hail increasing in size. The windows of the home were damaged. The large hail caused tree branches to be stripped.
July 2017HailJanney-A person from the public reported nickel to quarter size hail along Highway 41 on Twitter.
July 2017HailJanney-A resident on Z Bar T Road estimated hail smaller than golf balls but larger than quarters which caused tree branches to break and dented a camper.

Every storm recorded in Silver Bow 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
Newcomb1.5 miles17
Nine-mile1.6 miles15
Highview3.8 miles15
Skones4.1 miles15
Floral Park5.3 miles15
Silver Bow Park6.3 miles28
Williamsburg6.6 miles17
Butte6.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 785419. 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.