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Jens, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59733. It stands on Hoover Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dunkleberg Creek quadrangle.

Jens within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

32 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Jens between 1994 and 2017, burning about 515 acres in total. 12 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2003Smoking1.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
5 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
30 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRUSH LIMBAUGH
14 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDUNKELBERG CREEK
9 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeELK PEN
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGOUGH CREEK
6 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWALLACE RANCH
3 August 2009Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBERT CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Jens: 8 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Brick Clay, Gold, 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
Bert CreekPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Big Sky Ready Mix SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Clay Deposit In Haskell AreaBloating MaterialOccurrenceChlorite, Feldspar, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Valley Concrete Pit No 1SilverPast Producer
China BarGoldPast Producer
Lower Gold Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer1852, 1860
Clay Deposit Near HaskellBrick ClayOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Clay Deposit Near Hoover CreekBrick ClayOccurrenceCalcite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Hematite, Illite, Kaolin, Quartz
Clay Deposit Near Hoover Creek RoadBrick ClayOccurrenceIllite, Kaolin, Quartz
Dry Gulch Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrencePumice

Every working recorded in Powell County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jens in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 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
July 2008HailJens-Public reported 1.75 inch hail 1 mile east of Jens along Interstate 90.

Every storm recorded in Powell 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
Dutton3.1 miles23
Goldcreek4.3 miles23
Lingenpolter5.3 miles23
Wall City5.5 miles23
Pioneer6.7 miles23
Brock Creek8.0 miles22
Sharkeyville (historical)9.3 miles22
Garrison11.7 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 785459. 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.