Flood, Montana

14 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 Buckshot Island. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Great Falls quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Flood within Cascade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1886 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Gore Hill quadrangle1:62500
1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Southwest Great Falls quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1976 USGS Great Falls South quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

26 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Flood (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 70 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	11
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Fireworks	5
Debris and open burning	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Smoking	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
10 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Central Land Office	GORE HILL
29 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	2.5 acres	Central Land Office	not named
29 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
19 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Central Land Office	VAUGHN
13 August 2017	Smoking	1.0 acres	Central Land Office	VAUGHN
9 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Central Land Office	MONARCH
5 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	SAND COULEE
4 July 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Central Land Office	SAND COULEE

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 Flood (historical): 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
(Facility) Great Falls Refinery	Copper, Silver	Plant
Fred Remmington Property	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Prospect
Great Falls Bentonite	Bentonite	Unknown
Flood Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Johnson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Johnstown (historical)	3.9 miles	16
Great Falls	4.2 miles	16
Donovan Park (historical)	4.6 miles	14
Emerson Junction	5.1 miles	16
Gibson Flats	5.3 miles	16
Fields	5.4 miles	16
Black Eagle	6.2 miles	16
Boston Heights (historical)	6.2 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762389. 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.