Benteen, Montana
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Crow Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59031. It stands on Long Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Benteen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1894 USGS Rosebud quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Rosebud quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hardin quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Benteen quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Lodge Grass quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Benteen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,864 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 September 2012 | Natural | 5.3 acres | Crow Agency | OLD BULL |
| 7 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Crow Agency | 3ENGINES |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | 10 acres | Crow Agency | SHAVINGS CREEK |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Crow Agency | ROADSIDE 492 |
| 5 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Crow Agency | SEPTEMBER |
| 3 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Crow Agency | NEST CREEK |
| 3 September 1994 | Natural | 160 acres | Crow Agency | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Crow Agency | ROADSIDE 566 |
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 Benteen: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Lodge Grass Creek Deposit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garryowen | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lodge Grass | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Crow Agency | 10.6 miles | 7 | |
| Forty Mile Colony | 13.1 miles | 13 | |
| Dunmore | 16.4 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Xavier | 17.2 miles | 13 | |
| Spear | 17.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hardin | 22.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122565542 | 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 802027. 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.






