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Smead, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59853. It stands on Smeads Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smeads Bench quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Smead within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Smead (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,039 acres in total. 30 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
Natural30
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreKootenai National ForestMM7
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestSOLDIER CREEK
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestFORKED DEER
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National Forestnot named
24 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestBIG EDDY
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestBASIN COPPER
13 September 2017Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKootenai National ForestCOAL
13 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreKootenai National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sanders 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 Smead (historical): 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
Amazon PropertyLead, ZincProspect
HollidayLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Holliday MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1939, 1961
Red Fir ClaimsCopper, SilverPast Producer
White StarCalcium, CopperUnknown
MillerCopper, LeadProspect
Miller ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite
White Star ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcopyrite

Every working recorded in Sanders 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
Noxon4.3 miles12
Heron5.9 miles14
Cedar (historical)9.1 miles14
Tuscor12.0 miles12
Larchwood16.9 miles12
Trout Creek18.7 miles13
Childs25.8 miles9
White Pine27.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1780988. 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.