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Cliff Lake, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Madison Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59720. It stands on Mile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cliff Lake quadrangle.

Cliff Lake within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

15 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Cliff Lake between 1994 and 2018, burning about 63 acres in total. 5 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
Natural5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking1

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
30 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestWADE LAKE
28 August 1994Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National Forestnot named
23 August 2018Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCLIFF POINT
2 August 1996Natural7.0 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCLIFF LAKE
16 August 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestCLIFF LAKE
24 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSTANDARD CREEK 5
22 July 2018Natural1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named
22 July 2018Naturalunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cliff Lake: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Missouri Flats (historical)1.9 miles17
Schusters Place3.4 miles17
Grahams Place4.0 miles17
Abe (historical)17.1 miles23
Woodward Place24.6 miles20
Cameron27.1 miles21
Reeder Place29.7 miles15
Tate Place30.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806929. 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.