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Morel, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Warm Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It lies near Whitcraft Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs quadrangle.

Morel within Deer Lodge County

On record in Morel

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Morel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 145 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined4
Natural2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 2017Smokingunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 September 2017Smokingunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
31 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWARM SPRINGS
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined33 acresDeer Lodge CountyPINTLER VISTA
14 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficePERKINS
11 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
11 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
1 August 1999Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficePERKINS GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Morel: 10 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum. 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
Jackpot MineCopper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Last Resort ClaimLead, Copper, SilverOccurrence
St Louis MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverOccurrence
Unnamed MineralsGold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, CopperOccurrence
Warm SpringsGeothermalProducer
Yellow Jacket MineCopperOccurrence
Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Deer Lodge 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
Warm Springs2.3 miles21
Opportunity4.4 miles21
Stuart4.7 miles21
Galen5.9 miles21
Crackerville6.2 miles21
Fredrickson (historical)6.8 miles21
Mine Creek6.9 miles21
Staton7.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 787679. 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.