Shangville, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Lolo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59820. It lies near Peppard Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Petty Mountain quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shangville within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1912 USGS Missoula quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Petty Mountain quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Missoula West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1999 USGS Petty MountaIn quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

178 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Shangville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 227 acres in total. 41 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/undetermined	44
Natural	41
Debris and open burning	40
Railroad operations and maintenance	14
Recreation and ceremony	13
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Fireworks	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Smoking	1
Other causes	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
29 September 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	NATURAL PIER BRIDGE
25 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Missoula County	200248
23 September 2002	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Lolo National Forest	BIGHORN
21 September 2003	Smoking	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	RANGER STATION
2 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	WEST NINEMILE 3
2 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	WEST NINEMILE 2
2 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	WEST NINEMILE 1
19 September 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Lolo National Forest	MILE MARKER 76 #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shangville (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Beryllium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Inverness Group	Copper	Occurrence	Vein
	White Cap Prospect	Beryllium	Prospect

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lothrop	2.2 miles	13
Ninemile	2.4 miles	8
Soudan	2.9 miles	8
Six Mile (historical)	4.4 miles	10
Huson	5.3 miles	10
Stovepipe (historical)	5.3 miles	10
Frenchtown	9.6 miles	8
Schilling	10.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1781238. 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.