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Wooley, Montana

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Sidney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59270. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle.

Wooley within Richland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Wooley between 2009 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2016Natural15 acresEastern Land OfficeBRINKLEY - MCCONE
25 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresDakota Prairie National GrasslandsESTES COULEE
6 August 2016Natural1.0 acresEastern Land OfficeFLYING V - MCCONE
28 August 2020Natural1.0 acresRichland CountyMAIN CANAL - RICHLAND
4 July 2020Fireworksunder an acreRichland CountyTHEIL - RICHLAND
4 July 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresEastern Land OfficePALMER
28 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresEastern Land OfficeTREE
26 July 2020Naturalunder an acreRichland CountyDITCH - RICHLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Richland 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 Wooley: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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
Eagle-PitcherSulfurPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Nb Frontage PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Richland 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
Ridgelawn2.1 miles8
Fischer Park3.9 miles8
Sidney4.3 miles8
Ludington4.8 miles8
Fairview7.1 miles8
Riverview7.3 miles8
Newlon Junction8.8 miles8
Brorson (historical)10.1 miles7

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 Q122558885The 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 778695. 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.