Carney, Montana
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the South of the Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59011. It stands on Fryer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carney quadrangle. It stands 4,153 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000
- 1893 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Carney quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Carney between 2016 and 2020, burning about 204 acres in total. 4 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 | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Southern Land Office | MM358 |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Southern Land Office | FALCON |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Southern Land Office | EAGLE |
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweet Grass County | I90 MM 361 |
| 10 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sweet Grass County | MM 359 I-90 |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 acres | Sweet Grass County | 51 DUCK CREEK RD. |
| 15 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Southern Land Office | MENDENHALL RD |
| 4 July 2017 | Fireworks | under an acre | Southern Land Office | TREE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Carney: 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curry Calcite Deposit | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Homestead | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Calcite Deposit | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Calcite Deposit | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Calcite Deposit | Calcium | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLeod | 7.1 miles | 19 | |
| Sioux Crossing | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Big Timber | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Wormser (historical) | 16.0 miles | 18 | |
| Greycliff | 18.0 miles | 16 | |
| Sourdough | 18.9 miles | 15 | |
| Quebec | 24.8 miles | 16 | |
| Norwegian Settlement (historical) | 24.9 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Carney | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5044026 | 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 806913. 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.








