Belton, 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 lies near French Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Belt quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Belton within Cascade County

On record in Belton

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Belt Jaillisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Belt Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2004 · 0.8 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

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 NW quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Belt quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Belt quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

13 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Belton (historical) 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	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 July 2017	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Central Land Office	BELT RURAL
30 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Cascade County	SPRING CREEK
19 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Cascade County	JOHNSON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Belton (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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

Every working recorded in Cascade 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Belt	0.7 miles	15
Armington	1.4 miles	15
Armington Junction	2.5 miles	15
Wayne	4.9 miles	15
Pleasant Valley Colony	7.0 miles	14
Blythe	7.3 miles	15
Fife	7.5 miles	15
Box Elder (historical)	10.4 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762286. 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.