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Ural, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Libby census division. It stands on Ural Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ural Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ural within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

56 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Ural (historical) between 1993 and 2019, burning about 757 acres in total. 53 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
Natural53
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2013Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestPETERED OUT
23 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestELLSWORTH MTN
22 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestEAST RIDGE ZIEGLER
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestNEARLY ZIEGLER
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestNORTH ZIEGLER
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestPETERS GULCH
9 August 2006Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestEVERETT CREEK
5 August 1997Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestSOUTH FORK PARSNIP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ural (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Silver, Gold. 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
Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
KeneltySilverProspect
Zootenai River PlacerGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Volcour (historical)4.6 miles9
Warland (historical)7.7 miles9
Stonehill (historical)9.7 miles9
Jennings17.5 miles15
Ripley18.7 miles16
Rexford20.5 miles11
Eagle Lake Ranch20.7 miles13
Tobacco21.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802224. 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.