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Stringtown, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Harrison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59735. The Survey maps it on the Harrison quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Stringtown within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,829 acres in total. None 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/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1
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 September 2020Railroad operations and maintenance1,962 acresMadison CountyANTELOPE
16 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use20 acresCentral Land Officenot named
15 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined679 acresCentral Land OfficeSAPPINGTON JUNCTION
13 June 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution168 acresJefferson CountySAPPINGTON
24 November 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Stringtown (historical): 7 occurrences, 6 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, Dimension, Iron, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Mica. 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
Harrison IronIronOccurrence1940
Ingleside QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Ingleside QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Montana Talc CompanyTalc-SoapstonePlant
SappingtonMica, REE, Niobium (Columbium)ProducerFergusonite
Sappington Berrylium DepositBerylliumOccurrence
Sappington CanyonPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Sappington DepositNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, MicaOccurrenceFergusonite, Muscovite
Sappington Limestone DepositLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Sappington Limestone QuarryLimestone, Ultra PurePast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Harrison Mill2.2 miles21
Beals2.7 miles21
Harrison3.5 miles21
Shaws6.0 miles21
Summit Valley6.8 miles21
Pony9.2 miles22
Eau Clair (historical)10.3 miles21
Jefferson Island11.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797594. 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.