BlockEdilou, Montana
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Belgrade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59714. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Horseshoe Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Belgrade quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Horseshoe Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Edilou between 2016 and 2020, burning about 328 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 328 acres | Central Land Office | SKINNER FIRE |
| 5 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 9 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | 201014 |
| 25 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | 201027 |
| 18 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | 201020 |
| 10 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Gallatin County | 201016 |
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 Edilou: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Picture Flagstone Quarry | Flagstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillman | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Accola | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Powers | 6.0 miles | 22 | |
| Reese Creek (historical) | 6.1 miles | 23 | |
| Menard Wye | 6.1 miles | 22 | |
| Menard | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Nelsons Crossing (historical) | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Belgrade | 7.2 miles | 22 |
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 Q122544277 | 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 771140. 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.