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Fort Logan, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the White Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59645. The Survey maps it on the Fort Logan quadrangle.

Fort Logan within Meagher County

On record in Fort Logan

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Fort Logan between 1996 and 2006, burning about 59 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
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
15 August 2006Natural42 acresCentral Land Officenot named
1 August 2004Natural14 acresCentral Land Officenot named
10 July 1996Naturalunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestCOXEY CREEK
7 June 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHelena - Lewis and Clark National ForestCRYSTAL CREEK
24 June 1999Natural3.0 acresCentral Land OfficeRUSSELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meagher County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Fort Logan: 6 occurrences, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, Iron. 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
Camas Creek Pyroxenite StockIronOccurrence1966
Camas CreekGoldUnknown
Elk CreekGoldUnknown
Thomas CreekGoldOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed PumicePumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Meagher 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
Watson10.4 miles14
Preston10.8 miles14
Buckingham11.2 miles14
Manger11.5 miles14
Langford City (historical)11.7 miles13
Lingshire16.7 miles15
White Sulphur Springs16.9 miles17
Springdale Colony17.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 794938. 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.