Calkins, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the White Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59645. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Catlin Spring quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Calkins within Meagher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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.

1886 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
1894 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1897 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
1898 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000
1902 USGS Little Belt Mts. quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Catlin Spring quadrangle1:24000
1993 USGS Ringling quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

7 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Calkins (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,604 acres in total. 1 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	3
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	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 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,390 acres	Central Land Office	9-MILE-Y
30 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1,024 acres	Central Land Office	HUSSEY CK.
2 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	100 acres	Meagher County	RAMSPECK M.A.
18 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
28 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	COTTONWOOD CREEK
31 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Meagher County	HANSON FIRE
21 July 2017	Debris and open burning	7,090 acres	Central Land Office	CHINN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meagher County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Calkins (historical): 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Silver, Zinc, Manganese, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Alabama-Cleveland Mine	Silver, Zinc, Manganese, Lead	Prospect	1888, 1917
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Meagher 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
Springdale Colony	5.2 miles	13
Moss Agate	7.2 miles	18
White Sulphur Springs	7.4 miles	17
Langford City (historical)	9.4 miles	13
Bruce Place	11.1 miles	18
Loweth	12.4 miles	19
Moyne	13.0 miles	18
Ringling	13.2 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762816. 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.