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Jennings, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Libby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59923. It lies near Canoe Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Tony Peak quadrangle.

Jennings within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

156 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Jennings between 1992 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. 89 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
Natural89
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony19
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestLIBBY SUPERFUND 9
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestLIBBY SUPERFUND 8
6 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestDAVID THOMPSON
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeBUTLER II
4 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeRAIL ROAD
21 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land Office533A SPUR
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestGRASSY KNOLL
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestNIXON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Jennings: 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Calcium, Silica, Zinc, Iron, Lead, 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
HathawayCopper, Zinc, Iron, Lead, SilverProspect
KennedyCopper, Silver, ZincProspect
Kennedy GroupUraniumOccurrence
Unnamed CalciteCalciumOccurrence
Wollastonite VeinsSilicaProspect

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jennings in 1 storm report in 2011: 1 heavy rain. 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
October 2011Heavy RainJennings-Libby Dam reported 0.87 inches of rain in 12 hours.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Scotchville (historical)4.9 miles15
Ripley5.8 miles16
White Haven9.3 miles14
Pioneer Junction9.4 miles14
Warland (historical)9.8 miles9
Libby11.3 miles14
Green Acres12.0 miles14
Volcour (historical)14.3 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 785454. 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.