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Watkins, Montana

29 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 Jourdain Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ennis Lake quadrangle.

Watkins within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Watkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBARN CREEK
2 September 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJORDAIN CREEK
15 September 2020Debris and open burning1.8 acresMadison CountyHELLS CANYON
16 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
10 August 2002Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSHORT CREEK
8 July 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBT POWER LINE
3 July 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestJACK CREEK 1
28 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMadison CountyENNIS LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Watkins: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Cibola ViiiGoldPast Producer
Jumbo DepositIronPast Producer
North Meadow Creek PlacersGoldPast Producer
Orofino DepositIronPast Producer

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
McAllister4.2 miles29
Cowboys Heaven5.1 miles28
Jeffers5.6 miles29
Ennis6.3 miles29
Norris10.3 miles20
Sterling11.3 miles22
Red Bluff11.5 miles20
Varney14.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 778145. 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.