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Quigley, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Drummond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59825. It stands on Brewster Creek. The Survey maps it on the Grizzly Point quadrangle.

Quigley within Granite County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Quigley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,570 acres in total. 96 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
Natural96
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 1997Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestWELCOME CR II
3 September 1996Natural2.0 acresLolo National ForestSAWMILL CR
10 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula County200144
9 August 2016Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSOLOMON RIDGE
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestBREWSTER #8
9 August 2003Naturalunder an acreLolo National Forest4TH OF JULY
9 August 1999Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestBOBCAT CREEK
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestBEAR GULCH

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Quigley: 8 unknowns, 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Pumice. 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
Alps DistrictGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Pumice, TungstenPast ProducerFISSURE VEINS, PLACER, VOLCANIC
Brewster Spar MineGold, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilverUnknown
Gold BugGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Hidden Treasure MineGold, TungstenProducerUnknown
Argo MineGold, Silver, TungstenPast ProducerFerberite, Gold, Wolframite
B and J ClaimGold, SilverUnknown
N. Pacific Ry. ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence
Rock CreekBarium-BariteUnknown
Sliderock Mountain Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrencePumice
Unnamed Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence

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
Ravenna9.4 miles18
Eightmile Saddle9.9 miles18
Baird (historical)10.0 miles18
Nimrod10.9 miles20
Byrne12.1 miles20
Bearmouth18.1 miles20
Beartown20.6 miles19
Stump Town (historical)21.9 miles19

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.

Wikipedia article on QuigleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65051067The 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 789299. 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.