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Stuart, Montana

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

Stuart 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

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Stuart between 1992 and 2017, burning about 58 acres in total. 3 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
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural3
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
15 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
15 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
14 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresSouthwestern Land Officenot named
11 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
11 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge 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 Stuart: 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Brick Clay. 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
Clay Deposit Near the Tuxedo MineBrick ClayOccurrenceUnconsolidated Sediments
Gregson Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Tuxedo MineSilver, GoldPast Producer
Crackerville Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S and N Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence

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
Crackerville1.5 miles21
Opportunity2.2 miles21
Staton4.1 miles21
Mill Creek4.7 miles21
Morel4.7 miles21
Mine Creek4.7 miles21
Warm Springs6.6 miles21
Anaconda8.2 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 791612. 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.