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Schley, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59821. It stands on East Fork Finley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Evaro quadrangle.

Schley within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Schley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 7 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
Natural42
Recreation and ceremony28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning14
Fireworks13
Arson/incendiarism7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlathead AgencyMCLURE
26 September 2014Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlathead AgencyWEST PINE
26 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlathead AgencyFINLEY CREEK
25 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlathead AgencySCHLEY
21 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlathead AgencyARLEE RAIL
2 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlathead AgencyCOUTURE LOOP
12 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlathead AgencySHEEP RANCH
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlathead AgencySCHLEY

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Schley: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

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
Evaro5.3 miles10
Nagos8.3 miles15
Ardrum (historical)8.4 miles14
Grant Creek (historical)10.3 miles15
Wye11.0 miles15
Frenchtown11.1 miles8
De Smet12.0 miles15
Schilling12.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 790120. 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.