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Akerville, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lewistown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59457. It stands on Little Casino Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lewistown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Akerville within Fergus County

On record in Akerville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 32 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Fergus County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Akerville (historical) between 1999 and 2019, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFergus CountyFDH-MTLG08-116
30 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named
17 July 1999Naturalunder an acreNorth Central Montana DistrictLIMEKILN
10 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNortheastern Land Officenot named
2 June 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNorth Central Montana DistrictFIRE PIT
5 May 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresNortheastern Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fergus County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Akerville (historical): 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Castle ButteLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Lewiston PitClayProducer
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Casino Creek ConcreteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Konitz #1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mcdonald Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Welkers Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Fergus 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
Lewistown0.6 miles13
Lewistown Junction0.7 miles13
Roy-Winifred Junction2.0 miles13
Lewistown Heights2.1 miles13
Corbly (historical)3.4 miles13
West Lewistown3.5 miles13
Box Springs (historical)5.5 miles13
Baxter6.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722793. 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.