BlockAndersonville, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hanover census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59457. It stands on North Fork Warm Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Year quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 New Year quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Andersonville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Central Montana District | TRIP DUBS |
| 14 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | JUDITH PK |
| 7 August 2020 | Natural | 10 acres | Fergus County | PORPHYRY |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Central Montana District | ROY |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | NO 9 |
| 12 August 2007 | Natural | 1.3 acres | North Central Montana District | HANLEY |
| 12 August 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | North Central Montana District | BLINDBREAD |
| 11 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 63 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 63 workings within 5 miles of Andersonville (historical): 27 prospects, 17 past producers, 13 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America Mine | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Big Grassy Group | Gold, Silver, Tellurium | Prospect | ||
| Black Bull Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Producer | 1885 | |
| Depression | Diatomite, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Globe | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Horeshoe and Muleshoe | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Iron Chancellor Mine | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Judith Mtn. Deposits | Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite, Sylvanite | |
| Justice | Lead, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Matthews | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Spring Creek | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| New Year | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Maiden | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Canyon (historical) | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Rustle (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ruby Gulch (historical) | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Giltedge | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hilger | 6.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1722787. 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.