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Navy, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59732. It stands on Lost Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glen quadrangle.

Navy within Beaverhead County

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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Navy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 176 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
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
8 August 1996Natural100 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestEARLS GULCH
7 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDRY TIMBER
6 August 2000Natural33 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTIMBER
21 August 1992Natural2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
14 August 2016Naturalunder an acreDillon Field OfficeTIMBER CANYON
10 August 2019Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTIMBER CANYON
7 July 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestEARL'S GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead 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 Navy: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Gold, Manganese. 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
Detton SilicaSilicaProspect
Gob ClaimsManganeseProspect
Hidden Treasure MineGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Len ClaimTungstenPast Producer
Nyhart-CoxGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
Nyhart-Cox MineLead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Occidental MineGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperPast Producer
Polly Jane GroupSilver, Lead, MolybdenumPast ProducerVein
Polly Jane GroupSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Soap Gulch Ba OccurrenceBarium-BariteOccurrenceBarite

Every working recorded in Beaverhead 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
Glen0.6 miles17
Birch Creek (historical)5.3 miles17
Sodak Mill6.4 miles16
Apex7.1 miles17
Glendale11.6 miles16
Bond12.4 miles15
Lion City (historical)14.9 miles18
Argenta16.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801209. 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.