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Saltese, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59867. It stands on Silver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saltese quadrangle. 10 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,389 feet above sea level.

Saltese within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

30 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Saltese between 1993 and 2015, burning about 22 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2003Natural1.5 acresLolo National ForestCRUZANE MTN.
3 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLolo National ForestSALTESE
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestBROKEN HEART
21 September 2007Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestEAST CROW
19 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestPACKER CREEK
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestRANDOLPH CREEK
9 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo National ForestFLAT CRUZANE
9 August 2008Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestHAUGAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Saltese: 22 occurrences, 9 past producers, 8 unknowns, 6 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Uranium, Copper, Lead. 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
Black Traveler and Burlong MinesSilver, CopperOccurrenceVein
BryanSilver, Lead, CopperProspect
Crown Silver GroupZinc, Copper, LeadProspect
Gentle Nudge PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Hemlock MineCopper, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer
Hoodoo PropertyLead, Zinc, Copper, SilverOccurrence
Last ChanceZinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, CopperProspect
Last Chance MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Lead, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Tetrahedrite
Last Chance Mine In Packer Creek DistrictLead, Copper, Silver, Zinc, GoldOccurrenceVEIN
Packer Creek Barite DepositBarium-Barite, LeadOccurrenceBarite, Galena

Every working recorded in Mineral County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saltese in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 hail. 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
June 2016HailSaltese$20,000A business in Saltese, MT reported quarter or larger size hail. Winds blew down some tree limbs, and the hail dented cars. The worst part of the storm lasted about 15 minutes.

Every storm recorded in Mineral 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
Bryson3.6 miles12
Taft4.7 miles12
Haugan6.1 miles11
East Portal6.7 miles12
Borax8.6 miles17
De Borgia9.0 miles11
Sohon10.5 miles17
Henderson11.2 miles11

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 SalteseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7406101The 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 806285. 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.