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Ozan, Montana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Drummond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59832. It lies near Rattler Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Drummond quadrangle.

Ozan within Granite County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Ozan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,094 acres in total. 24 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
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1
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
9 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMULKEY GULCH
9 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
26 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
21 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeLYON GULCH
1 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeKING MOUNTAIN
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 2020Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficePACKER GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Ozan: 9 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Pumice, Gold, Aluminum. 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
Bear Creek PlacersGold, SilverPast Producer1865
Clay Deposit In Rattle GulchBrick ClayOccurrenceFeldspar, Hematite, Illite, Kaolin, Montmorillonite, Quartz
Flint Creek ValleyUraniumOccurrence
Limestone OccurrenceStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed PhosphatePhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Clay Deposit Near Antelope CreekAluminumOccurrenceFeldspar, Kaolin, Montmorillonite
Unnamed Aluminum DepositAluminumOccurrence
Bear CreekGoldUnknown
Bowles PumicitePumicePast Producer
Clark Fork of the Columbia River PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working recorded in Granite 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
Bradman1.0 miles19
Bearmouth4.7 miles20
Drummond5.6 miles19
Springtown7.1 miles19
New Chicago7.4 miles19
Beartown8.2 miles19
Hall8.3 miles20
Top O'Deep8.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775017. 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.