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Keiley, Montana

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Avon-Elliston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59713. It stands on Mitchell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Finn quadrangle.

Keiley within Powell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Keiley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeJEFFERSON CREEK 2
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreMissoula Field OfficeGALLAGHER CREEK
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGALLAGHER CREEK
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestAMERICAN GULCH
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCOW GULCH
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeBUFFALO GULCH
30 August 2017Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK 2
30 August 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeJEFFERSON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Powell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Keiley: 15 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc, 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
Finn DistrictGold, SilverPast ProducerVEINS, PLACER
GrayGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
American Gulch PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
American Gulch PlacerGoldPast Producer
Belmont MineGoldProspect
Buffalo GulchGoldPast Producer
Buffalo Gulch PlacerGoldPast ProducerPlacer
Charles Pryse PlacerGoldPast Producer
FinnGoldPast Producer1860, 1865, 1959
G and G Toole PlacerGoldUnknown

Every working 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
Finn1.2 miles22
Mannix4.7 miles21
Quigley7.7 miles24
McGillvary8.4 miles24
Blackfoot City (historical)9.2 miles24
McDonald9.3 miles24
Sharkeyville (historical)11.8 miles22
Avon12.2 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122598627The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794788. 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.