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Countryside Village, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Great Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59404. It lies near Sacajawea Island. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Great Falls quadrangle.

Countryside Village within Cascade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Countryside Village between 1998 and 2019, burning about 6,033 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined11
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral Land OfficeBLACK EAGLE
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCascade County57 COMMAND
12 September 2005Natural1.0 acresBenton Lake National Wildlife RefugeNATURAL OUT 1
1 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeMONARCH
29 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
25 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCentral Land OfficeBLACK EAGLE
23 August 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresCentral Land OfficeBLACK EAGLE
20 August 1998Natural44 acresBenton Lake National Wildlife RefugeUNIT 6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Countryside Village: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Copper, Silver. 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
(Facility) Great Falls RefineryCopper, SilverPlant
Great Falls BentoniteBentoniteUnknown
Great Falls Slag DumpIronUnknown
Treasurelite Shale MineClayProspect
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Unnamed LocationClayOccurrence
Johnson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kraus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Montana Sand and GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Zook No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cascade 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
Little Chicago (historical)1.4 miles16
Black Eagle1.4 miles16
North Great Falls (historical)1.9 miles16
Smelter Hill1.9 miles16
Great Falls2.7 miles16
Johnstown (historical)2.8 miles16
Watson (historical)2.8 miles16
Boston Heights (historical)3.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1761711. 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.