Laurin, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sheridan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59749. It stands on Alder Gulch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alder quadrangle.
On record in Laurin
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 1 record
Saint Mary of the Assumptionlisted 1985
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Alder quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Laurin between 2005 and 2020, burning about 16 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Madison County | WATERLOO BRIDGE |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LAURIN CANYON |
| 16 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BARTOLETTI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Laurin: 12 past producers, 5 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Iron, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Gulch | Niobium (Columbium) | Unknown | ||
| Hill Crest | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Alder Garnet Deposit | Garnet | Occurrence | ||
| Gilman | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hansen | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly Deposit | Iron | Prospect | 1945 | |
| Kelly Iron | Iron | Past Producer | 1945 | |
| Ruby River | Garnet | Unknown | ||
| Wy-Mont Thorium | Thorium | Occurrence | Allanite | |
| Wyoming Montana Mine | Thorium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laurin in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Hail | Laurin | - | Trained spotter reports hail up to the size of a quarter. |
| August 2019 | Hail | Laurin | - | A trained spotter reported hail size of 1 inch in diameter. The time was estimated by radar. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurin | - | A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ruby | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Junction | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Adobe (historical) | 7.5 miles | 21 | |
| Brandon | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sheridan | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Kingrey Place | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Central City (historical) | 9.3 miles | 21 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Laurin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q117770980 | The 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 773257. 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.







