BlockArmington Junction, Montana
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Belt census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59412. It stands on Big Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Armington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
- 1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Belt quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Belt SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Armington quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Belt quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Armington Junction between 2017 and 2020, burning about 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cascade County | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Cascade County | SUNRISE LN |
| 27 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cascade County | LIME KILN |
| 23 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Cascade County | MONARCH TWO DOT |
| 11 August 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cascade County | WILD ROSE |
| 19 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cascade County | JOHNSON FIRE |
| 26 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central Land Office | BELT RURAL |
| 28 January 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Cascade County | 202036 |
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 Armington Junction: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belt Clay | Silica, Iron, Aluminum, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1905 | |
| Unnamed Location | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armington | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Belton (historical) | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Belt | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Blythe | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wayne | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Valley Colony | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Riceville | 9.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fife | 10.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q122542568 | The 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 802000. 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.