BlockCastner Falls, Montana
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Cascade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59421. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Truly quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Gore Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Truly quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Great Falls South quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Castner Falls between 2017 and 2018, burning about 312 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central Land Office | ULM |
| 11 August 2018 | Natural | 10 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
| 14 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Central Land Office | ULM |
| 14 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Central Land Office | CASCADE FARMER |
| 14 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Central Land Office | SAND COULEE |
| 4 June 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Castner Falls: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcintyre Portable Crusher #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truly | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Riverdale | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Garrison (historical) | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Ulm | 8.6 miles | 16 | |
| Fair Haven Colony | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Clair (historical) | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Cascade | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Eden | 12.1 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 Q122560908 | 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 769665. 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.