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Snider, Montana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Thompson Falls-West End census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59873. It stands on Goat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eddy Mountain quadrangle.

Snider within Sanders County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Snider between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,323 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 5 were 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
Natural52
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Recreation and ceremony15
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Smoking2

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 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreLolo National ForestMRL 24
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresLolo National ForestDYKSTRA HILL
5 September 1999Smokingunder an acreLolo National ForestBACK TO SCHOOL
5 September 1998Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLolo National ForestBACK TO SCHOOL
4 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestACM
3 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestCOPPER KING #5
28 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestSLEEPY BUCKEYE
26 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLolo 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 Snider: 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, 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
Clark Fork ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Goat CreekMolybdenum, Tungsten, Beryllium, Copper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceMo Skarn? LF porphyry Mo (?)
Raven MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, BismuthPast Producer1880
Raven MineCopper, SilverPast Producer
Silver KingZinc, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Silver King MineSilver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Bismuth, AntimonyPast ProducerBornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Copper KingCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Copper King MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Antimony, BismuthPast Producer1885, 1890

Every working recorded in Sanders County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snider in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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
May 2023Debris FlowSnider-A thunderstorm containing very heavy rain moved directly over the Thorne Creek burn scar. Radar estimated 30 minute rainfall totals between 0.55 to 0.90 inches. A report was received from the forest service that a debris flow went over the Thompson River Road.
March 2017FloodSnider-The Thompson River gauge near Thompson Falls peaked at 7.15 feet for 4.5 hours.

Every storm 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
Ashleys Settlement (historical)2.4 miles10
Eddy5.5 miles10
Thompson Falls6.7 miles13
Shannonville (historical)9.7 miles13
Belknap10.9 miles13
Weeksville13.1 miles7
Talc14.0 miles13
White Pine17.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 790767. 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.