Belle-Vue Court, Montana
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Flathead Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59860. The Survey maps it on the Polson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1920 USGS Flathead Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Polson quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Polson quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Belle-Vue Court between 1994 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Flathead Agency | KERR |
| 7 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Flathead Agency | LOG HOUSE |
| 6 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | SILVER FOX |
| 26 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HACK |
| 18 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | CENTIPEDE |
| 11 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Flathead Agency | WOLF POINT |
| 9 August 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HAACK |
| 9 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Flathead Agency | HAACK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Belle-Vue Court: 14 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polson | 1.2 miles | 7 | |
| Kerr | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Jette | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Rocky Point | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Turtle Lake | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mountain View (historical) | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Finley Point | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kings Point | 5.3 miles | 7 |
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 Q122539972 | 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 1797031. 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.




