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Sieben, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59648. It stands on Clark Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell Mountain quadrangle.

Sieben within Lewis and Clark 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Sieben between 1992 and 2019, burning about 623 acres in total. 54 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Smoking1

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 2007Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
18 September 1998Natural35 acresCentral Land OfficeWEST SHEEP
14 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeLYONS CREEK
13 September 1996Natural1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeLONG GULCH
13 September 1996Natural6.0 acresCentral Land OfficeSPRING GULCH
13 September 1996Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeREST AREA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sieben: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Copper, Silver. 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
Anson Slate QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Copper-Bearing Sandstone - UnnamedSilver, CopperOccurrence
Copper-Bearing Siltite-Name UnknownCopper, SilverProspect
Prospected Mafic Dike-Name UnknownManganese, Strontium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Barium-BariteOccurrence
Prospected Quartz Vein-Name UnknownGold, SilverOccurrence
Sieben Ranch QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerLimestone
Wolf Creek Picture Stone No1 QuarryStonePast Producer
Wolf Creek Picture Stone No3StoneProspect

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Storms near this place

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sieben in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSieben-MDT sensor MTSBN Sieben Flats measured a severe gust.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSieben-Mesonet station Sieben Flats MDT.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSieben-Report from 8 SSW Wolf Creek. Mesonet station 301005 Sieben.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindSieben-Peak wind gust reported at the Sieben Flats DOT sensor.

Every storm recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Wolf Creek8.0 miles11
Canyon Creek9.7 miles21
Strom9.8 miles20
Trinity (historical)10.1 miles20
Silver City10.1 miles20
Dennison (historical)10.8 miles18
Wilborn11.5 miles20
Old Weiss and French Place12.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801449. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.