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Travois Village, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59808. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Missoula quadrangle.

Travois Village within Missoula County

On record in Travois Village

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

451 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 451 fires within 5 miles of Travois Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,045 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined263
Debris and open burning124
Recreation and ceremony22
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
8 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY TRAIL FIRE
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissoula County200430
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCRAZY CANYON CAMPFIRE
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMissoula Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula 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 Travois Village: 9 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Gold, Clay, Pumice. 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 In Northeast MissoulaBrick ClayPast ProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
L.S. Jensen & Sons Inc.StoneProducer
Pattee Canyon Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stock PileLead, ZincUnknown
Unnamed KaolinClayOccurrence
Unnamed KaolinClayOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Gold ProspectGoldProspect
Silica ProspectGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Missoula1.8 miles18
Westview Park2.1 miles15
Orchard Homes2.2 miles14
Hell Gate (historical)3.5 miles15
East Missoula4.2 miles18
Grant Creek (historical)4.9 miles15
De Smet5.4 miles15
Pinegrove6.3 miles18

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 Q122540951The 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 1781491. 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.