Ruby, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sheridan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59710. It lies near Alder Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Alder quadrangle.

Ruby within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Alder quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Ruby between 1999 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
15 September 2020	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Madison County	WATERLOO BRIDGE
6 April 2019	Natural	under an acre	Madison County	JESSIES
28 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Central Land Office	not named
26 October 1999	Debris and open burning	145 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	SUN RISER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Ruby: 12 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Talc-Soapstone, Iron, Garnet. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alder Gulch - Virginia City	Gold, Garnet	Past Producer	1863, 1925
California Gulch	Niobium (Columbium)	Unknown
Hill Crest	Gold, Lead, Silver	Past Producer
Alder Garnet Deposit	Garnet	Occurrence
Gilman	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Hansen	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Kelly Deposit	Iron	Prospect	1945
Kelly Iron	Iron	Past Producer	1945
Ruby River	Garnet	Unknown
Wy-Mont Thorium	Thorium	Occurrence	Allanite

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Alder	1.1 miles	15
Laurin	2.4 miles	15
Junction	4.7 miles	21
Adobe (historical)	5.5 miles	21
Central City (historical)	7.1 miles	21
Kingrey Place	7.7 miles	14
Virginia City	7.8 miles	21
Brandon	10.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 775992. 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.