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Queen, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59632. It lies in Queen Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Elkhorn quadrangle.

Queen within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

36 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Queen between 1994 and 2020, burning about 37 acres in total. 23 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
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Debris and open burning3
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
28 September 1994Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestNURSERY
9 August 2000Recreation and ceremony15 acresHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestTIZER LAKE
8 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest90 CENT
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest7-UP
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDEADMAN
6 August 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBROWNS GULCH
5 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHUNTING GULCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Queen: 27 past producers, 14 prospects, 10 occurrences, 4 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper. 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
Arcturus ClaimCopper, Zinc, Silver, Lead, GoldOccurrence
Blackbird ClaimGold, Silver, LeadProspect
Bulwer MineCopper, Silver, Lead, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1914
C&D and LouiseGold, Lead, Silver, CopperPast Producer1875, 1880
Dunstone MineLead, ZincPast Producer1900, 1901
ElkhornSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, BismuthPast Producer1875
Elkhorn (Swan)Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldUnknown1980
Elkhorn MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold, BismuthPast Producer1875
Elkhorn Peak IronSilver, Iron, Gold, CopperPast Producer1887, 1890
Elkhorn QueenSilver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, GoldPast Producer1880

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
Blazing Place1.9 miles19
Elkhorn1.9 miles20
Kyle6.2 miles29
Rieder7.2 miles29
Boulder8.3 miles28
Amazon8.9 miles29
Wickes10.0 miles29
Jefferson City10.0 miles29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 789287. 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.