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Sodak Mill, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Dillon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59732. The Survey maps it on the Block Mountain quadrangle.

Sodak Mill within Beaverhead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Sodak Mill between 1999 and 2019, burning about 146 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
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 August 2012Naturalunder an acreDillon Field OfficeHOG BACK
21 August 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution142 acresDillon Field OfficeBILTMORE
10 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreButte Field OfficeTOBYS MINE
10 August 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCentral Land OfficeTOBYS MINE
18 July 2008Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCURRENT CREEK
17 March 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.8 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHOGBACK
1 December 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDillon Field OfficeMCCARTNEY MOUNTAIN

Every fire recorded in Beaverhead County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Sodak Mill: 5 prospects, 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium. 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
Mccarthy Mountain AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Vanadium, Uranium, Nickel, Chromium, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Nyhart-CoxGold, Lead, SilverUnknown
Nyhart-Cox MineLead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Sodak Manganese MineMagnesite, CobaltProspect
The Hogback SynclinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, REE, Uranium, VanadiumProspect
Beiber MineGoldUnknown
North Big Hole CanyonPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumProspect
Unnamed PhosphatePhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumUnknown
Mccartney Mtn. Phosphate FieldPhosphorus-Phosphates, ManganeseOccurrence
Gob ClaimsManganeseProspect

Every working recorded in Beaverhead 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
Glen5.8 miles17
Birch Creek (historical)6.0 miles17
Navy6.4 miles17
Apex6.5 miles17
Bond9.1 miles15
East Bench (historical)13.0 miles16
Fairview (historical)14.0 miles16
Dillon14.8 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122571643The 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 802197. 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.