Richel Lodge, Montana

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.

• 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
• 1956 USGS Mount Maurice quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
• 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1986 USGS Black Pyramid Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
• 1996 USGS Black Pyramid Mountain quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Richel Lodge between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,094 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Red Lodge

Every fire recorded in Carbon County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Richel Lodge: 7 prospects, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Chromium, Gold, Silver, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Carbon County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

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.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 789574. 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.