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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.

Sherryl within Granite County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

7 since 2001

Regional 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
3 September 2001Debris and open burning7.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
27 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
15 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeHENDERSON CR.
15 July 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
11 July 2017Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeGIRD
23 October 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeDRINGLE LANE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Granite County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Copper State MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1906
Douglas Creek SynclinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium, REE, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Edgar MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumPast Producer
Gird Creek SynclinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Vanadium, REE, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer
Henderson Gulch PlacerGold, Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1866, 1957
Key-DurandLead, ZincUnknown
Sallie Mellen ClaimSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadOccurrenceCopper, Cuprite, Gold, Malachite, Pyromorphite
Sallie Mellen ClaimSilver, GoldUnknown
Lower Willow Creek PlacerGoldProspect
Unnamed Gravel DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Granite 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
Hall2.5 miles20
Stone3.3 miles20
Maxville6.1 miles16
New Chicago6.5 miles19
Drummond8.8 miles19
Princeton9.8 miles16
Bradman10.0 miles19
Haskell (historical)10.1 miles20

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 SherrylAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65051079The 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.