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McMullan, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Townsend West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59644. It stands on Sheep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Giant Hill quadrangle.

McMullan within Broadwater 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of McMullan between 1992 and 2018, burning about 74 acres in total. 21 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
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestFALLS CREEK
25 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestCRYSTAL JANE
2 September 1998Natural50 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestLONGFELLOW
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestSAGEBRUSH GULCH
3 August 1999Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestSHEEP UNITS
27 August 2015Natural14 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestWHIPCRACKER
26 August 2013Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestCROW FALLS
21 August 1998Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestPARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broadwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 119 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 119 workings within 5 miles of McMullan: 43 past producers, 27 prospects, 27 occurrences, 17 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Gold, Silver. 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
Big ChiefSilver, Zinc, GoldPast Producer
Bluebell GroupCopper, Gold, Lead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Cross MineLead, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Diamond Hill MineGold, Tungsten, Bismuth, SilverPast Producer1877, 1885
EttaLead, Gold, ManganeseOccurrence
Golden GlowTungstenUnknown
Hardmore MineSilver, Zinc, Lead, GoldPast Producer
IndependentLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
Indian Creek Lime PlantCalciumProducer
Iron MaskZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Broadwater 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
Hassel3.7 miles17
Bedford8.7 miles17
Winston9.6 miles17
Townsend10.4 miles17
Radersburg11.1 miles19
Canton (historical)12.1 miles16
Crow Creek City (historical)12.6 miles19
Parker12.7 miles19

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 Q122569959The 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 794746. 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.