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Francis, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Belgrade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59714. It stands on Middle Fork Sixteenmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Francis quadrangle.

Francis within Gallatin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Francis in 2006, burning about 30 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

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
19 August 2006Natural30 acresCentral Land Officenot named

Every fire recorded in Gallatin 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
Maudlow5.2 miles17
Deer Park9.7 miles15
Gallop (historical)11.7 miles24
Menard12.7 miles22
Menard Wye13.3 miles22
Accola14.5 miles22
Sedan18.0 miles19
Hillman18.6 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 783681. 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.