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Shaws, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Harrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59735. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle.

Shaws within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Shaws between 2017 and 2020, burning about 41 acres in total. 2 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
15 September 2020Natural10 acresMadison CountyFLYING D
22 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
29 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMadison CountyHAYSTACK
25 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresMadison CountySITZ LANE-NO ACTION
25 July 2019Naturalunder an acreMadison CountySITZ RANCH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Shaws: 10 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Quartz. 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
Bessie and Golden Wave MineGold, Copper, Silver, TungstenOccurrence
Blue Rock and May BasketLead, Silver, MolybdenumProspect
Norwegian Gulch DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Now PropertyTungsten, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceScheelite
Now PropertyTungsten, Uranium, ManganeseProspect
Sappington Limestone DepositLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed Rare Earth DepositREE, ThoriumOccurrence
Golden Link MineGold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Harrison IronIronOccurrence1940
Madison CQuartzOccurrence

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Harrison2.7 miles21
Harrison Mill4.0 miles21
Beals6.0 miles21
Stringtown (historical)6.0 miles21
Pony6.1 miles22
Sterling6.8 miles22
Norris8.0 miles20
Red Bluff8.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 790301. 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.