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Paul Place, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59701. It lies near Delmoe Park. The Survey maps it on the Delmoe Lake quadrangle.

Paul Place within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Paul Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,206 acres in total. 24 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
Recreation and ceremony31
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHARRY
6 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestASPEN SPRING
4 September 2005Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDRY MOUNTAIN
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLILY
26 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestROCK FLATS
21 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJUNCTION
11 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestRAILROAD
8 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreButte Field OfficeRINGING ROCKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Paul Place: 15 past producers, 11 occurrences, 5 unknowns, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, 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
Blue Bell MineLead, Copper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast Producer1909
BluebellLead, Copper, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
Easter LillieLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Easter Lillie MineLead, Silver, Gold, Copper, ZincOccurrenceVein
Golden ValleyGold, Lead, Silver, CopperUnknown
Grubstake LodeGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProspect1939
Lost HatchetGold, Copper, SilverUnknown
Lucky Irishman LodeSilver, GoldProspect
Pipestone Springs DepositPumiceOccurrence
Welch Placer QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Welch4.5 miles15
Tippet Place5.3 miles15
Pappas Place5.5 miles15
Pipestone5.8 miles15
Pipestone Hot Springs6.0 miles15
Valley (historical)8.0 miles28
Homestake9.0 miles15
Cedric10.6 miles16

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122541807The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794150. 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.