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Melrose, 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 59743. The Survey maps it on the Melrose quadrangle.

Melrose within Silver Bow County

On record in Melrose

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

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

9 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Melrose between 1992 and 2019, burning about 121 acres in total. 4 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
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
11 August 1995Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBIG HOLE ISLAND
1 August 2011Natural1.0 acresButte Field OfficeSOAP GULCH
2 July 2000Natural80 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMCCARTNEY NORTH AMP
26 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresDillon Field OfficeMAIDEN ROCK FISHING
25 June 1992Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
20 May 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBROWNES RIDGE
18 May 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestMACLEAN
13 May 2019Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresDillon Field OfficeMM 89

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Silver Bow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Melrose: 20 past producers, 13 occurrences, 4 prospects, 4 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Lead. 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
Calvin MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerReplacement
Calvin MineLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Christainsen GroupSilver, CopperPast ProducerVein
Dry GulchPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumProspect
Gold King MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast ProducerCerargyrite, Galena
Jackrabbit MineZinc, Silver, LeadPast ProducerReplacement
Maiden Rock MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1947, 1951

Every working recorded in Silver Bow County

Storms near this place

1 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Melrose in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 hail. 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
August 2005HailMelrose-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
Maiden Rock5.3 miles17
Quinn5.3 miles17
Divide8.9 miles16
Johnson11.3 miles16
Moose Town11.7 miles16
Royston (historical)12.1 miles16
Woodin12.4 miles16
Highland City (historical)14.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 787179. 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.