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Vendome, Montana

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Whitehall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59759. It lies near Cedar Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Vendome quadrangle.

Vendome within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

7 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Vendome between 1997 and 2019, burning about 526 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 August 2007Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestHIGHWAY 2
14 August 1998Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLOWER RADER
11 August 2003Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestLITTLE CABIN
19 July 2008Natural518 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCACTUS
14 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJefferson CountyHIGHWAY 2 FIRE
28 April 2000Debris and open burning3.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestROOT
5 November 1997Power generation/transmission/distribution2.5 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestPOWERLINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Vendome: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Gold, Silica, Gold, Silver. 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
GraceSilicaOccurrence
Lewis Kountz RanchPumiceOccurrence
Little Pipestone Creek PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer1905
DumosStonePast Producer
Gold ValleyGoldPast Producer
Little Pipestone Creek PlacerGoldPast Producer
Trevillion-Johnson Memorial Co.StonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Cedric1.4 miles16
Pipestone Hot Springs5.3 miles15
Pipestone5.5 miles15
Piedmont5.9 miles15
Renova6.1 miles15
Tippet Place8.1 miles15
Whitehall8.5 miles15
Welch8.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778012. 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.