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.
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.
- Morel Bridgelisted 2000 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Anaconda quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 31 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | WARM SPRINGS |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 acres | Deer Lodge County | PINTLER VISTA |
| 14 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | PERKINS |
| 11 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 11 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | PERKINS GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackpot Mine | Copper, Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Last Resort Claim | Lead, Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| St Louis Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Minerals | Gold, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Warm Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Yellow Jacket Mine | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Pumice | Pumice | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Springs | 2.3 miles | 21 | |
| Opportunity | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Stuart | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Galen | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Crackerville | 6.2 miles | 21 | |
| Fredrickson (historical) | 6.8 miles | 21 | |
| Mine Creek | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Staton | 7.0 miles | 21 |
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.











