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Norris, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Harrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59745. It stands on Burnt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norris quadrangle.

Norris within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

13 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Norris between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5,483 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
2 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined181 acresCentral Land Officenot named
15 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1,871 acresMadison CountyMOCCASIN DR.
15 September 2020Natural10 acresMadison CountyFLYING D
14 September 1998Recreation and ceremony727 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBEAR TRAP
5 August 2004Natural1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBEAR TRAP RIDGE
23 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,870 acresMadison CountyBRADLEY CREEK
17 August 2018Natural70 acresCentral Land Officenot named
13 August 2007Natural150 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBAR Z

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 54 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 54 workings within 5 miles of Norris: 30 past producers, 9 producers, 9 unknowns, 3 prospects. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
BaylesGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
BirdieGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Boaz MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadPast Producer1870
Boaz MineGold, Lead, Zinc, IronPast Producer
CalamountCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
FlorenceZinc, Gold, Copper, IronPast Producer
GalenaGold, Silver, Iron, Copper, AntimonyPast Producer
Galena MineGold, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Manganese, AntimonyPast ProducerBornite
Gold ReefGold, ManganeseUnknown
Golden Link MineMolybdenum, TungstenProspect

Every working recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

2 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Norris in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2006: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNorris-no account filed
August 2004HailNorris-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Red Bluff2.7 miles20
Sterling3.6 miles22
Shaws8.0 miles21
Cowboys Heaven8.5 miles28
McAllister8.8 miles29
Watkins10.3 miles29
Harrison10.5 miles21
Harrison Mill11.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 774669. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.