Sherryl, Montana
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Drummond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59837. It stands on Douglas Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hall quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1919 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1921 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Drummond quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Missoula East quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Hall quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Hall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Sherryl between 2001 and 2018, burning about 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 27 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 9 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 15 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Southwestern Land Office | HENDERSON CR. |
| 15 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | not named |
| 11 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | GIRD |
| 23 October 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southwestern Land Office | DRINGLE LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Sherryl: 8 occurrences, 7 past producers, 5 unknowns, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Pumice, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper State Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Douglas Creek Syncline | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, REE, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Edgar Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Gird Creek Syncline | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Vanadium, REE, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | ||
| Henderson Gulch Placer | Gold, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | 1866, 1957 | |
| Key-Durand | Lead, Zinc | Unknown | ||
| Sallie Mellen Claim | Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead | Occurrence | Copper, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Pyromorphite | |
| Sallie Mellen Claim | Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Lower Willow Creek Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Stone | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Maxville | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| New Chicago | 6.5 miles | 19 | |
| Drummond | 8.8 miles | 19 | |
| Princeton | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bradman | 10.0 miles | 19 | |
| Haskell (historical) | 10.1 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sherryl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65051079 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806805. 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.









