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Emerson Junction, Montana

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

Emerson Junction 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

24 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Emerson Junction between 2017 and 2020, burning about 47 acres in total. None 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/undetermined7
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCascade County57 COMMAND
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCentral Land OfficeGORE HILL
29 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresCentral Land Officenot named
29 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
19 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeVAUGHN
13 August 2017Smoking1.0 acresCentral Land OfficeVAUGHN
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCentral Land OfficeMONARCH
4 July 2017Fireworks2.0 acresCentral Land OfficeGORE HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Emerson Junction: 2 unknowns, 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Bentonite. 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
Johnson PitSand 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
Johnstown (historical)3.0 miles16
Great Falls3.9 miles16
Countryside Village4.1 miles16
Black Eagle4.9 miles16
Little Chicago (historical)5.0 miles16
Flood (historical)5.1 miles14
Manchester5.1 miles15
Smelter Hill5.3 miles16

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 Q122559025The 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 802094. 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.