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Varney, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59729. It stands on Wigwam Creek. The Survey maps it on the Varney quadrangle.

Varney within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Varney between 1994 and 2019, burning about 4 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
Natural3
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
6 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.3 acresCentral Land Officenot named
5 August 1994Natural1.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
4 August 2007Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestKELLY RANCH
31 July 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMadison CountyODELL
25 July 2008Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestDOUBTFUL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Varney: 12 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Manganese, Kyanite, Feldspar. 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
Sampson MineLead, Gold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Vetter DepositFeldspar, MicaPast ProducerMuscovite
Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Tait Mountain ClaimsTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Yellowstone MineTalc-SoapstoneProducer
Gulch A PegmatitesKyanite, MicaOccurrenceKyanite, Muscovite
Rim Rock DepositMica, FeldsparOccurrence1941
Unnamed Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence
Unnamed Kyanite DepositKyaniteOccurrence

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
Cameron4.8 miles21
Woodward Place6.9 miles20
Ennis8.2 miles29
Jeffers8.6 miles29
Summit9.0 miles20
Virginia City10.7 miles21
Central City (historical)11.4 miles21
Adobe (historical)13.1 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 792682. 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.