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Jeffers, Montana

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59729. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ennis quadrangle.

Jeffers within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Jeffers between 2000 and 2020, burning about 177 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
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
15 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMadison CountyHEGES
15 September 2020Debris and open burning1.2 acresMadison CountyHWY 55
11 August 2018Natural1.5 acresCentral Land Officenot named
4 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
22 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use12 acresCentral Land Officenot named
10 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
29 May 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCOMPOUND
16 December 2000Fireworks160 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestEVANS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jeffers: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jumbo DepositIronPast Producer
Orofino DepositIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jeffers in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2019: 3 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
February 2019FloodJeffers-Madison County Disaster and Emergency Services reported ice jam-related flooding near the US-287 bridge just outside downtown Ennis. Minor property damage occurred along the river. Exact location and duration of flooding unknown. Exact location of damage unknown.
February 2019FloodJeffers-Madison County Disaster and Emergency Services reported renewed flooding from an ice jam along the Madison River. Floodwater was flowing across the US-287 bridge just east-southeast of downtown Ennis. Exact duration of flooding unknown.
December 2016FloodJeffers-Emergency management reported an ice jam on the Madison River causing flooding near Ennis. The flooding was occurring along portions of the Madison River and Odell Creek. Water was covering the US-287 bridge near Ennis, at mile marker 48.2.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Ennis1.3 miles29
Watkins5.6 miles29
McAllister6.7 miles29
Varney8.6 miles20
Cameron10.1 miles21
Cowboys Heaven10.6 miles28
Virginia City13.3 miles21
Central City (historical)13.7 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 785435. 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.