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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Vendome quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Butte South quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Vendome quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1997Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | HIGHWAY 2 |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LOWER RADER |
| 11 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | LITTLE CABIN |
| 19 July 2008 | Natural | 518 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CACTUS |
| 14 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Jefferson County | HIGHWAY 2 FIRE |
| 28 April 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ROOT |
| 5 November 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.5 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | POWERLINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grace | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Lewis Kountz Ranch | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Little Pipestone Creek Placer | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | 1905 | |
| Dumos | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Valley | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Little Pipestone Creek Placer | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Trevillion-Johnson Memorial Co. | Stone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedric | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pipestone Hot Springs | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pipestone | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Piedmont | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Renova | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Tippet Place | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Whitehall | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Welch | 8.7 miles | 15 |
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.








