Centerville, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Twin Bridges census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59754. It stands on Baker Slough. The Survey maps it on the Beaverhead Rock quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Centerville within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1893 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1955 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Beaverhead Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:250000
1983 USGS Dillon quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Centerville (historical) between 2002 and 2020, burning about 144 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Debris and open burning	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
15 September 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Madison County	ENNIS DUMP
21 August 2019	Power generation/transmission/distribution	142 acres	Dillon Field Office	BILTMORE
3 July 2002	Natural	under an acre	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	PENNINGTON
25 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Madison County	TALON RANCH FIRE
4 April 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Central Land Office	not named
16 April 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Madison County	BARN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Centerville (historical): 4 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Iron. 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
Bentonite Clay Mine	Clay	Producer
Iron Horse	Iron	Occurrence	1950
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Twin Bridges	8.3 miles	16
Sheridan	11.9 miles	15
Rochester	12.4 miles	13
Iron Rod (historical)	14.9 miles	17
Brandon	15.0 miles	15
Holden Place	15.9 miles	14
Laurin	17.3 miles	15
Leiterville	17.5 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1797557. 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.