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Anceney, Montana

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Gallatin Gateway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59741. The Survey maps it on the Anceney quadrangle.

Anceney within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

4 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Anceney between 2017 and 2019, burning about 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
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
31 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCentral Land OfficeAMSTERDAM
30 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeAMSTERDAM
15 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
21 May 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGallatin Countynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin 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 Anceney: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Corundum, Kyanite, Pumice. 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
Bozeman Corundum DepositCorundum, KyanitePast Producer1902
High Flat PumicitePumiceOccurrence
Bozeman Corundum DepositCorundumProspect

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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
Vincent3.3 miles20
Arnold4.5 miles20
Westlake5.6 miles20
Churchill7.5 miles20
Amsterdam7.8 miles20
Greenwood7.8 miles21
West Gallatin8.1 miles21
Sheds (historical)8.1 miles21

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 Q122541241The 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 801991. 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.