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Miller, Montana

17 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 Saint Lawrence Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blue Point quadrangle.

Miller within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Miller between 1992 and 2020, burning about 121 acres in total. 55 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Natural55
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony18
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMM 3 HWY 200
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeST. LAWRENCE CREEK
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
25 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeHELICOPTER GULCH
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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Miller: 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Copper, Barium-Barite. 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
Bonner QuarryStonePast Producer
Juniper ProspectCopperOccurrence
Sheep Moutain ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

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 Creeks3.6 miles16
Bonner4.8 miles17
Turah4.9 miles17
Piltzville5.0 miles17
McNamara5.4 miles16
Milltown5.7 miles18
Bonner Junction6.0 miles18
West Riverside6.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802143. 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.