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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.

Laurin within Madison County

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

3 since 2005

Regional 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 burning2
Natural1

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
15 September 2020Debris and open burning10 acresMadison CountyWATERLOO BRIDGE
16 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLAURIN CANYON
16 April 2005Debris and open burning6.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBARTOLETTI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
California GulchNiobium (Columbium)Unknown
Hill CrestGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Alder Garnet DepositGarnetOccurrence
GilmanGold, SilverPast Producer
HansenGold, SilverPast Producer
Kelly DepositIronProspect1945
Kelly IronIronPast Producer1945
Ruby RiverGarnetUnknown
Wy-Mont ThoriumThoriumOccurrenceAllanite
Wyoming Montana MineThoriumProspect

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024HailLaurin-Trained spotter reports hail up to the size of a quarter.
August 2019HailLaurin-A trained spotter reported hail size of 1 inch in diameter. The time was estimated by radar.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindLaurin-A 61 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Alder2.1 miles15
Ruby2.4 miles15
Junction6.7 miles21
Adobe (historical)7.5 miles21
Brandon8.1 miles15
Sheridan8.2 miles15
Kingrey Place8.8 miles14
Central City (historical)9.3 miles21

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 LaurinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q117770980The 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.