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Schilling, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Frenchtown-Wye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59808. It stands on O'Keefe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Primrose quadrangle.

Schilling within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

253 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 253 fires within 5 miles of Schilling between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,876 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined126
Debris and open burning45
Recreation and ceremony37
Natural28
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula County200143
9 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeEVARO #2
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula County200142
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDEEP CREEK RIFLE RANGE
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissoula County200140
4 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeSOUTH ALBERT
3 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeALBERT BONFIRE
3 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Schilling: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Diamond Mountain GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownPumiceOccurrence
UnknownPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceUnknown
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Primrose3.2 miles14
Grass Valley3.8 miles14
Frenchtown3.8 miles8
Wye4.3 miles15
Ardrum (historical)4.6 miles14
Nagos5.1 miles15
De Smet5.6 miles15
Evaro7.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 790117. 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.