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Staton, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Anaconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. The Survey maps it on the Opportunity quadrangle.

Staton within Deer Lodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

38 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Staton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 80 acres in total. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural9
Debris and open burning7
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeOPPORTUNITY
6 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK #2
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCABBAGE GULCH
23 September 2019Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCABBAGE GULCH
19 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWILLOW CREEK
5 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeA HILL FIRE
5 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeFOUNDRY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Staton: 5 occurrences, 5 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fluorine-Fluorite, Geothermal. 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
(Facility) Anaconda Reduction SmelterCopperPlant
Deniff QuarryFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Weathervane HillFluorine-Fluorite, Lead, SilverOccurrenceFluorspar
White Cliff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Anaconda Hot SpringsGeothermal, IronProducer
Anaconda Slag DumpIronUnknown
Gregson Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Weathervane HillFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Crackerville Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Deer Lodge 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
Mill Creek0.9 miles21
Mine Creek1.2 miles21
Opportunity2.7 miles21
Crackerville4.1 miles21
Stuart4.1 miles21
Anaconda4.5 miles21
Sunnyside6.5 miles21
Morel7.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 791468. 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.