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Piedmont, 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 59759. The Survey maps it on the Vendome quadrangle.

Piedmont 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

8 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Piedmont between 1998 and 2020, burning about 105 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Other causes1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresJefferson CountyHWY 55
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson CountyDOWNEY
14 September 2000Natural12 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestFOREST
23 August 1998Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
28 July 1998Natural30 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestTEMPLE
13 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson CountyI-90 MM 251
1 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeWEST FIRE
25 March 1999Other causes2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPHILLIPS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Piedmont: 6 past producers, 6 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Manganese, Silver. 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 Grouse MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadOccurrenceVein
Macmasters MineGold, SilverProducer
Mary Ingaber MineGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Blue Grouse MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverUnknown
Bonanza FractionGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Iron Blossom Number 3Iron, ManganeseUnknown1917
Iron King ClaimIron, ManganesePast ProducerStratiform
Mary Ingaber MineGold, Silver, CopperUnknown
MeadowlarkGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Colorado MineGold, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Piedmont in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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 2025FloodPiedmont-Sherriff's office reports substantial standing water on Highway 69 near mile markers 17 and 11, and on Highway 55 near mile marker 8.
August 2014Heavy RainPiedmont-Heavy rain, measuring 3.00 inches storm total, was reported.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindPiedmont-High winds measuring 57KT (66MPH) reported at the Whitehall RAWS.

Every storm 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
Renova1.4 miles15
Whitehall3.1 miles15
Vendome5.9 miles15
Pipestone Hot Springs6.5 miles15
Pipestone6.6 miles15
Tippet Place6.7 miles15
Cedric7.0 miles16
Sunlight7.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 788838. 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.