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Maiden Rock, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Butte-Silver Bow South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59727. It stands on Moose Creek. The Survey maps it on the Melrose quadrangle.

Maiden Rock within Silver Bow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Maiden Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2003Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDAM FIRE
12 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresBeaverhead CountyDIVIDE
30 August 2008Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSAWMILL
3 August 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLAMARCHE GULCH
1 August 2011Natural1.0 acresButte Field OfficeSOAP GULCH
9 July 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPUMPKIN
26 July 1998Natural4.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJOYCE
25 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMOOSE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 51 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 51 workings within 5 miles of Maiden Rock: 20 past producers, 11 occurrences, 9 producers, 5 prospects. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silver, Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Glendale Smelter MineGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPlant
Berlin ClaimsGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGalena
Berlin MineLead, Silver, GoldProspect
Carnotite ClaimsUraniumOccurrence
Christainsen GroupSilver, CopperPast ProducerVein
Copper Hill MineCopper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Gold King MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerCerargyrite, Galena
Limestone OccurrenceLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Maiden Rock SilicaStoneProducer
Melrose PhosphatePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, UraniumProducer1910

Every working recorded in Silver Bow County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maiden Rock in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 5 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
July 2019HailMaiden Rock-Quarter-size hail was reported in Dewey, Montana during the evening hours of July 16th.
August 2019HailMaiden Rock-Hail size was estimated to be the size of quarters.
August 2009Flash FloodMaiden Rock-Heavy rain caused several Forest Service roads to be flooded.
August 2009HailMaiden Rock-Quarter sized hail reported.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindMaiden Rock-A weather spotter 2 miles north of Wise River, MT reported several 8 to 10 inch diameter trees blown down by thunderstorm winds.
August 2009HailMaiden Rock-no account filed
August 2009HailMaiden Rock-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Silver Bow 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
Quinn0.3 miles17
Divide3.8 miles16
Melrose5.3 miles17
Johnson7.4 miles16
Woodin8.1 miles16
Moose Town10.5 miles16
Royston (historical)12.1 miles16
Feely12.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 786786. 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.