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.
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.
St. Joseph's Hospitallisted 1978 · 0.3 miles away
Lewistown Merchantile Companylisted 1986 · 0.4 miles away
St. Leo's Catholic Churchlisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
First Presbyterian Churchlisted 1986 · 0.4 miles away
Schroeder Hospitallisted 1993 · 0.4 miles away
US Post Office and Federal Building-Lewistownlisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
Masonic Templelisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
House at 618 West Janeauxlisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
Clark-Cardwell Houselisted 1986 · 0.5 miles away
Lewistown Silk Stocking Districtlisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
Fergus County High Schoollisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
Reed's Fort Post Officelisted 2010 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1941 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fergus County | FDH-MTLG08-116 |
| 30 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 17 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | LIMEKILN |
| 10 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
| 2 June 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | North Central Montana District | FIRE PIT |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Butte | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Lewiston Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Casino Creek Concrete | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Konitz #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mcdonald Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Welkers Sand & Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewistown | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lewistown Junction | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Roy-Winifred Junction | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lewistown Heights | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Corbly (historical) | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| West Lewistown | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Box Springs (historical) | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Baxter | 6.1 miles | 13 |
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.





