BlockLeary Place, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Virginia City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59710. It lies near Dark Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Home Park Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Home Park Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Home Park Ranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Leary Place between 2006 and 2017, burning about 27 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | JIMMIE NEW |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 27 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 19 July 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | JOBE FIRE |
| 24 October 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SPRING FIRE |
| 24 October 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Butte Field Office | OPENING DAY 10 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Leary Place: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Lead | Prospect | ||
| Williams Phosphate Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | 1928, 1953 | |
| Ledford Road Pumicite | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Place | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Tate Place | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Reeder Place | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bowman Place | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hale Place | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sweetwater (historical) | 9.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ball Place | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fries Place | 10.2 miles | 13 |
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 Q122550502 | 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 786012. 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.