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Quast, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59828. It stands on Coalpit Creek. The Survey maps it on the Corvallis quadrangle.

Quast within Ravalli County

On record in Quast

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Quast between 1992 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural2
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
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRavaIIi CountyCFD - CFS2008-0630
2 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi CountyVFD - CFS2007-0126
26 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRavaIIi CountyCFD - CFS2006-2586
13 June 1992Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National Forestnot named
19 May 1992Naturalunder an acreBitterroot National Forestnot named
13 May 2006Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresBitterroot National ForestJENKINS
8 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreRavaIIi CountyVFD - CFS2004-0565
27 April 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreRavaIIi CountyCFD - CFS2004-2012

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ravalli County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Quast: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Corvallis PumicitePumiceOccurrence
Donaldson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sheafman CreekTitanium, Iron, Thorium, ZirconiumUnknown

Every working recorded in Ravalli 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
Corvallis1.0 miles16
Cobb1.2 miles16
Woodside Crossing2.4 miles17
Woodside2.9 miles17
Tucker3.6 miles17
Riverside4.6 miles17
Dutch Hill (historical)4.8 miles17
Pinesdale6.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 789283. 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.