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Camona, Montana

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the Belgrade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59715. It stands on Schafer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miser Creek quadrangle.

Camona within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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.

Fires near this place

35 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Camona between 2018 and 2020, burning about 103 acres in total. None 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
20 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGallatin Countynot named
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresGallatin CountyWALKER RD
2 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead County201055
18 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
17 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gallatin County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Camona: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rader MineGoldPast Producer
Cazier QuarryStoneProducer
Cazier QuarryStonePast Producer
Balke PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gallatin 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wisner Crossing0.8 miles23
Lux2.3 miles22
Springhill Park2.5 miles22
Busch2.6 miles23
Story2.7 miles22
Walker (historical)2.8 miles23
Bisel4.1 miles22
Catron4.6 miles22

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 Q122562479The 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 780834. 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.