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Noble, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Townsend East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59644. It stands on Clear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Diamond City quadrangle.

Noble within Broadwater County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Noble between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,262 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBroadwater CountyNELSON 2
9 August 1996Natural114 acresButte Field OfficeANGUS
15 August 2003Natural5.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
3 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestGOOSE BAY LANE MA
2 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBroadwater Countynot named
15 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresCentral Land Officenot named
11 July 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
26 June 2020Natural3.2 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestSPRUCE CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Broadwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Noble: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Silver, Diatomite. 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
Confederate Gulch, BackerLead, Copper, GoldProducerGalena, Pyrite
Unnamed LocationDiatomiteOccurrence
Beaver Creek PumicitePumicePast Producer
Confederate Gulch TuffPumiceOccurrence
Granite Hill #2Gold, SilverPast Producer
Lakeview MineSilverUnknown
Patent 2880 MineGold, SilverUnknown
Winston Area Ash No. 6PumiceOccurrence
A & H PlacerGoldPast Producer
Boulder Creek PlacerGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Broadwater 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
Barker1.0 miles15
Diamond City6.3 miles15
Canton (historical)7.4 miles16
Whites City8.2 miles15
Winston9.6 miles17
Bedford11.3 miles17
Townsend14.0 miles17
Deep Creek (historical)14.1 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794648. 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.