Abbott Lake, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Valier-Dupuyer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59486. The Survey maps it on the Abbott Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Abbott Lake within Pondera County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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.

1920 USGS Dupuyer quadrangle1:125000
1934 USGS Valier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1937 USGS Valier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1960 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1963 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Cut Bank quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Valier quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Abbott Lake quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

2 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Abbott Lake (historical) between 2012 and 2018, burning about 105 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	100 acres	Central Land Office	not named
4 November 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Blackfeet Agency	PETERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pondera 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Blair Crossing	3.3 miles	12
Valier	7.1 miles	12
Shields Crossing	8.1 miles	12
Wingina (historical)	8.3 miles	12
Lone Tree (historical)	9.4 miles	12
Williams	10.7 miles	12
Aubrey Crossing	10.8 miles	12
Kuka Crossing	10.9 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1748811. 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.