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Ravenna, 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 Ryan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ravenna quadrangle.

Ravenna 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Ravenna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,979 acres in total. 61 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
Natural61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Recreation and ceremony10
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking1
Fireworks1
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
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestWELCH GILLISPIE
8 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeEAST FORK ASHBY
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use11 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
4 September 1996Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestMCFARLAND GULCH
30 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestLODGEPOLE SPRING
3 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
3 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeMILE MARKER 132
29 September 2009Fireworks5.0 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeBONITA RANGER STATION ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Ravenna: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Gold, Silver, Lead, 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
BlacktailSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Blacktail MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1947
Cook ProspectManganese, Silver, GoldPast Producer1917
Hidden Tunnel MineLead, ZincUnknown
ChlorideSilver, LeadProspect
Clark Fork of the Columbia RiverGoldUnknown
BonitaManganesePast Producer
Cook ProspectManganeseUnknown

Every working recorded in Granite County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ravenna in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindRavenna-A large Cottonwood tree was downed near mile-marker 27 on Rock Creek Road. The Missoula International Airport(KMSO), recorded peak wind gusts of 60 mph at 1902 and 1909 MDT.
July 2019HailRavenna-A severe thunderstorm dropped hail up to two inches in diameter on a small rural community in the Rock Creek drainage.
July 2019HailRavenna-Quarter-size hail was reported in the rural community of Quigley, Montana.

Every storm 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
Baird (historical)0.8 miles18
Nimrod3.0 miles20
Byrne4.2 miles20
Quigley9.4 miles18
Bearmouth10.6 miles20
Beartown11.5 miles19
Stump Town (historical)12.6 miles19
Garnet12.8 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 789415. 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.