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Shaw Place, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59047. The Survey maps it on the Mission quadrangle.

Shaw Place within Park County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

14 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Shaw Place between 1996 and 2019, burning about 18 acres in total. 6 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
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2019Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acrePark CountyRAILROAD
3 September 2019Naturalunder an acrePark CountyBENNET ST
3 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBALDY
11 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
4 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLIVINGSTON PEAK
2 August 1996Natural15 acresRed Rock Lakes National Wildlife RefugeTOW BRIDGE
14 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
8 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeIRON HOURSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Park County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Shaw Place: 4 prospects, 3 unknowns, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Nickel, Chromium, 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
Northern PacificSilver, CopperUnknown
Oro-Y-PlateCobalt, Nickel, ChromiumUnknown
RubyChromiumProspect
Travertine QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Blue ManganeseSilver, Nickel, ChromiumUnknown
Mission PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zook # 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Big ChiefGoldProspect
OliverGoldProspect
Tip TopGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Park 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
Minnie Rahn Place1.4 miles18
Dahl Place1.8 miles18
Urback Place2.0 miles18
Bensons Landing (historical)4.9 miles21
Branding Iron Addition5.6 miles21
Five Acre Tracts/Acreville Addition5.6 miles21
Green Acres Addition5.6 miles21
High Ground Addition5.6 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 776412. 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.