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Wilborn, Montana

20 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 59633. It stands on Virginia Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wilborn quadrangle.

Wilborn within Lewis and Clark County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Wilborn between 1992 and 2018, burning about 646 acres in total. 16 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
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
1 September 2016Natural582 acresCentral Land OfficeRATTLESNAKE
7 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
7 August 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeEAST SIDE FLESHER
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
27 August 1997Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Office1945
25 August 2013Naturalunder an acreCentral Land OfficeBIG SAWMILL
20 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeBIG PINE TREE
18 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresCentral Land Officenot named

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 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Wilborn: 13 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, 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
Mt. PleasantLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Oro Fino MineSilver, MolybdenumPast Producer
Silver Crescent Tungsten ClaimsTungstenOccurrence
Bachelor Gold Mining CompanyGold, SilverUnknown
Peggy Ann MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Tenmile Cr and Gould PlacerGold, SilverPast Producer1864
Acme PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer
Black Sand PlacerGoldOccurrence1934
Black Sand PlacerGoldUnknown
Blue Star PlacerGoldOccurrencePlacer

Every working 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
Strom1.7 miles20
Canyon Creek6.8 miles21
Atlantic City (historical)7.8 miles22
Gloster8.3 miles21
Marysville9.5 miles21
Mike Horse (historical)9.9 miles11
Trinity (historical)10.3 miles20
Bald Butte11.0 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122553847The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 801693. 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.