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Warland, 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 Barron 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.

Warland 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Warland (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 156 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 1 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
Natural65
Recreation and ceremony12
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National ForestBARRON FDR
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestWARLAND FLATS #2
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestN FK JACKSON 2
19 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestELK JAW
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestFIRE ANT
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestCANYON GPS
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestBARRON BRISTOW
17 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestNEARLY ZIEGLER

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 Warland (historical): 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Lead, Zinc, Iron, 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
HoytGoldUnknown
Iron OccurrenceIronOccurrence
Unnamed CopperCopper, Lead, ZincProspect

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)5.0 miles9
Ural (historical)7.7 miles9
Jennings9.8 miles15
Ripley11.8 miles16
Scotchville (historical)13.9 miles15
Libby16.2 miles14
White Haven16.3 miles14
Green Acres16.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802230. 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.