BlockCoal Banks Landing, Montana
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Big Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59520. It lies near Coal Banks Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Verona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1919 USGS Big Sandy quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Verona quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Lonesome Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Coal Banks Landing between 1999 and 2018, burning about 864 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 August 2018 | Natural | 822 acres | North Central Montana District | VIRGELLE |
| 24 July 1999 | Natural | 20 acres | North Central Montana District | NO 3 |
| 24 July 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | North Central Montana District | NO 4 |
| 28 April 2018 | Natural | 20 acres | Northeastern Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Coal Banks Landing: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Virgelle Sandstone | Silica | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgelle | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Stranahan | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Verona | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Inga (historical) | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lippard | 10.3 miles | 14 | |
| Big Sandy | 11.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lonesome Prairie (historical) | 14.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ophir (historical) | 14.8 miles | 14 |
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 Q122538996 | 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 769960. 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.