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Yukon Saddle, Montana

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Missoula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59825. It lies near Moccasin Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Elk Mountain quadrangle.

Yukon Saddle within Missoula County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Yukon Saddle between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,692 acres in total. 52 started naturally. 7 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
Natural52
Recreation and ceremony16
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLolo National ForestALLEN CREEK II
29 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestSWITCHBACK
25 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLolo National ForestPLANT CREEK
2 September 1998Natural1,750 acresLolo National ForestGILBERT CR
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLolo National ForestSWARTZ #2
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLolo National ForestSWARTZ #3
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLolo National ForestSWARTZ #5
17 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLolo National ForestSWARTZ #4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Missoula County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yukon Saddle: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
BtmIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Missoula 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
Clinton6.8 miles18
Turah8.8 miles17
Iris9.4 miles18
Piltzville10.8 miles17
Bonner Junction11.0 miles18
Bonner11.6 miles17
Milltown11.7 miles18
West Riverside12.2 miles18

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 Q122545097The 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 801771. 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.