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Quinns, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Plains census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59859. It stands on Wallace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quinns Hot Springs quadrangle.

Quinns within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Quinns between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,557 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 3 were 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
Natural76
Recreation and ceremony21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestHWY 135 MM 15
6 September 2019Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSIEGEL CREEK
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestPENINSULA
5 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National Forestnot named
4 September 2010Naturalunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeMCLAUGHLIN
4 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestORCHARD
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestHWY 200 MM 87.5
18 September 2013Naturalunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeMCLAUGHLIN RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Quinns: 11 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Arsenic, Copper, Silver, Gold. 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
Arsenic - Cobalt OccurrenceArsenic, Cobalt, CopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite
Ester No 3 PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Glen Metals Mining Co. MineSilver, Lead, AntimonyOccurrence1887
Hopkins MineSilver, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Hopkins MineSilver, Zinc, LeadOccurrence
KendoyGraphiteOccurrence
Little AnacondaSilver, Zinc, LeadProspect
Little Anaconda GroupLead, Zinc, Silver, CopperProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Sphalerite
MontezumaLead, Antimony, ZincProspect
Montezuma ProspectLead, Zinc, AntimonyOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sanders 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
Island City (historical)2.6 miles8
Paradise4.5 miles9
Knowles4.9 miles9
Donlan7.1 miles8
Plains10.3 miles8
Perma11.8 miles8
Camas Prairie14.0 miles8
Blanchards Corner16.4 miles7

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 Q122560413The 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 789304. 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.