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Lozeau, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Superior census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59872. It stands on Eddy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lozeau quadrangle.

Lozeau within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Lozeau between 1992 and 2020, burning about 316 acres in total. 82 started naturally. 3 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
Natural82
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes3
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National Forest2ND SECOND CREEK
8 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestCOLEMANS CORNER
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestEASTFALL
30 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestBARK PLANT PILE
3 September 2000Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestAIRPORT FIRE
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestCOLEMAN'S CORNER
20 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestFIRST CREEK RIDGE
2 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSUNRISE CR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lozeau: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Highbar PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Highbar PlacerGoldUnknown
Red Hawk PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Westfall0.5 miles8
Crescent City (historical)3.7 miles8
Riverbend3.7 miles8
Quartz4.5 miles8
Cedar Mouth (historical)6.1 miles8
Amador (historical)6.3 miles8
Oliverville6.8 miles8
Tarkio6.9 miles9

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 Q122558800The 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 786694. 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.