Knowles, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59859. It stands on Robertson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Knowles quadrangle.

Knowles within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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.

1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Perma quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Knowles quadrangle1:24000
1989 USGS Knowles quadrangle1:24000
1999 USGS Knowles quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Knowles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,667 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 10 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
Natural	73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Recreation and ceremony	13
Arson/incendiarism	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Debris and open burning	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2002	Natural	under an acre	Northwestern Land Office	not named
6 September 2020	Arson/incendiarism	250 acres	Flathead Agency	SEEPAY RD
4 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	Northwestern Land Office	MCLAUGHLIN
23 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Northwestern Land Office	MCLAUGHLIN VAN
22 September 2020	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Flathead Agency	JALAPENO SEEPAY
21 September 2014	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Northwestern Land Office	MCLAUGHLIN CREEK
20 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	HWY 200 MM 87.5
19 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.3 acres	Northwestern Land Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Knowles: 7 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Arsenic, Copper, Graphite, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Arsenic - Cobalt Occurrence	Arsenic, Cobalt, Copper	Occurrence	Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
Ester No 3 Placer	Gold	Occurrence	Placer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Kendoy	Graphite	Occurrence
No. 10 Tunnel	Lead	Unknown
Number 10 Tunnel Prospect	Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc	Occurrence	Vein
Quinns Hot Springs	Geothermal	Producer
Unnamed Arsenic & Cobalt	Arsenic, Cobalt	Occurrence
Unnamed Silver & Lead	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead	Occurrence
Palin Mine	Copper	Occurrence	Vein

Every working recorded in Sanders 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Island City (historical)	4.2 miles	8
Quinns	4.9 miles	8
Paradise	5.5 miles	9
Perma	6.9 miles	8
Camas Prairie	9.8 miles	8
Donlan	11.8 miles	8
Plains	11.9 miles	8
McDonald	13.4 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 785809. 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.