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Jefferson, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Three Forks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59752. The Survey maps it on the Three Forks quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jefferson within Gallatin County

On record in Jefferson

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 6 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

25 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson (historical) between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,408 acres in total. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural6
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance3

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
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead County201066
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFergus County201056
28 September 2020Debris and open burning15 acresGallatin CountyCIRCLE S
11 September 2019Naturalunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
1 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
27 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
2 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLYONS FACE
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin County202063

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jefferson (historical): 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Pumice, Gold. 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
Logan-Madison River AshPumiceOccurrence
Silica QuarryStoneProducer
Three Forks PlacerGoldProspect
Trident Cement QuarryLimestone, General, ClayPlant
B & N Portable CrusherSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trident QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Three Forks0.7 miles20
Gallatin (historical)3.0 miles21
Carpenter4.2 miles21
Trident4.8 miles21
Lower Madison (historical)5.4 miles20
Logan6.2 miles21
Willow Creek7.5 miles21
Clarkston11.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1743864. 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.