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Weed, Montana

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59602. It stands on Austin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenhorn Mountain quadrangle.

Weed within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Weed between 1992 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 4 were 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
Recreation and ceremony36
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural19
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreButte Field OfficeSKELLY GULCH
7 September 2003Railroad operations and maintenance45 acresCentral Land Officenot named
3 September 2019Recreation and ceremony2.3 acresCentral Land OfficeAUSTIN RD
3 September 1995Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficePORCUPINE
27 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSouthwestern Land OfficeBLOSSBURG
24 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestPRIEST PASS
24 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestAUSTON CREEK/
22 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestPRIEST PASS 3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Weed: 26 past producers, 11 occurrences, 9 unknowns, 2 prospects. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Lead, Silver, Tungsten. 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
Anderson ProspectGold, Tungsten, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Molybdenite, Scheelite
Austin DistrictGold, Copper, Silver, Lead, Iron, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1880
Baldy Smith MineSilver, Lead, Gold, ArsenicOccurrenceCorkite, Gold
Baldy Smith MineIron, Arsenic, Lead, ManganesePast Producer
Blue Bell MineCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumPast ProducerGold, Malachite, Molybdenite
Blue Cloud DistrictLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Molybdenum, Tin, TungstenPast ProducerVEIN, TACTITE, DISSEMINATED
Blue Jay MineLead, Copper, Silver, Iron, AntimonyPast Producer1900
Blue Jay MineIron, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Bluebell MineGold, Copper, MolybdenumPast Producer
Boeing FluoriteFluorine-Fluorite, GoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis and Clark County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weed in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWeed-Wind gust of 66 MPH measured at the MacDonald Pass DOT sensor.

Every storm recorded in Lewis and Clark 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
Austin0.8 miles26
Skyline1.6 miles23
Belmont (historical)3.3 miles23
Forest Heights5.3 miles24
Birdseye5.7 miles26
Frontier Town6.1 miles24
Blue Cloud (historical)6.4 miles26
Bald Butte7.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801661. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.