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Kenwood, Montana

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59601. It lies near Mount Helena. The Survey maps it on the Helena quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kenwood within Lewis and Clark County

On record in Kenwood

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

15 surveys from 30 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Kenwood (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,659 acres in total. 44 started naturally. 4 were 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
Natural44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Recreation and ceremony32
Debris and open burning22
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Fireworks8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism4
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
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestTUCKER GULCH/
7 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCentral Land OfficeFORT HARRISON
6 September 2010Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeROCKY PINE
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTOBIN MA
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreButte Field OfficeSUNNY VISTA
30 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficeRODNEY RIDGE
30 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeGLORY HOLE
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeSHARPTAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 113 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 113 workings within 5 miles of Kenwood (historical): 60 past producers, 21 occurrences, 17 unknowns, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Lead. 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
Blue Bird MineCopper, Gold, Iron, SilverProspect
Blue CloudTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceScheelite
Blue Cloud DistrictLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Tin, TungstenPast ProducerVEIN, TACTITE, DISSEMINATED
Bluebird CoLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer
Ella MineGold, ManganesePast ProducerGold, Pyrolusite
Ella MineGold, REE, ManganesePast Producer
Franklin MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Silica, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Gold
Franklin and Sam GatyCopper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Grizzly GulchLimestone, General, DolomiteUnknown
Helena DistrictGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Stone, Tungsten, Arsenic, Marble, Dimension, DolomitePast Producer1864

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Broadwater0.9 miles30
Dotsonville (historical)1.4 miles30
Seven Mile (historical)2.0 miles28
Helena2.1 miles30
Tobin2.8 miles28
Evergreen Court3.7 miles28
Unionville4.6 miles30
Blue Cloud (historical)4.8 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1789148. 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.