BlockArmells, Montana
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59471. It stands on East Fork Armells Creek. The Survey maps it on the Armells 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
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Lewistown quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Armells quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Armells (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 13 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | North Central Montana District | YEAGERS |
| 3 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Fergus County | P LOT |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Fergus County | 102 |
| 24 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | North Central Montana District | MAIDEN |
| 10 July 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Armells (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armells Creek Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Two Lady No. 7 | Gold, Silver | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fergus | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rustle (historical) | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Christina | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Moulton | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Canyon (historical) | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Maiden | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hilger | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Warm Spring Creek | 10.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 805837. 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.