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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Homestake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Homestake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 61 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LITTLE WILLIE |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HOMESTAKE 3 |
| 5 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HOMESTAKE |
| 29 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | POWER |
| 28 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LITTLE BLACKTAIL |
| 27 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HERMAN GULCH |
| 2 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | DOG POND |
| 2 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cr 1 | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Flagg Placer | Silica, Gold, REE, Zinc | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Pohndorf Deposit | Semiprecious Gemstone | Unknown | ||
| Shorty | Gold, Silver, Copper | Producer | ||
| Shorty | Copper, Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Sun Lode | Fullers Earth | Prospect | 1920 | |
| Good Luck Mine | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Harriet Mine | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Janney Pegmatites | REE | Occurrence | Allanite | |
| Janney Pegmatites | REE | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Hail | Janney | $5,000 | A 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 2009 | Hail | Janney | $500 | A trained spotter reported hail increasing in size. The windows of the home were damaged. The large hail caused tree branches to be stripped. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Janney | - | A person from the public reported nickel to quarter size hail along Highway 41 on Twitter. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Janney | - | 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcomb | 1.5 miles | 17 | |
| Nine-mile | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Highview | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Skones | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Floral Park | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Bow Park | 6.3 miles | 28 | |
| Williamsburg | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Butte | 6.8 miles | 23 |
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.








