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McNamara, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59823. It stands on Union Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sunflower Mountain quadrangle.

McNamara within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of McNamara between 1992 and 2020, burning about 124 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Natural51
Recreation and ceremony24
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use7
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula Field OfficeRED ROCKS
7 September 2014Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeARKANSAS CREEK
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeSMOKING FISH
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeTWIN CREEK
25 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGOLD CREEK #3
23 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGOLD CREEK 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of McNamara: 3 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Gold, Zinc. 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
ChesterLead, Silver, GoldPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Copper KingLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast ProducerCuprite, Galena, Malachite
Copper KingLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincUnknown
ChesterLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Twin Creeks1.9 miles16
Miller5.4 miles17
Potomac5.6 miles17
Turah9.6 miles17
Clinton10.0 miles18
Bonner10.3 miles17
Piltzville10.4 miles17
Milltown11.2 miles18

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 Q122553401The 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 787113. 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.