George, Montana

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Chester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59522. The Survey maps it on the Circle Bridge quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

George within Liberty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

1954 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Shelby quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Circle Bridge quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Lonesome Lake quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

5 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of George (historical) between 2017 and 2020, 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
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Natural	1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1
Debris and open burning	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
21 August 2020	Natural	under an acre	Liberty County	STARR
17 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
11 August 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
1 April 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	30 acres	Malta Field Office	MOFFIT
6 March 2020	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Liberty County	38979

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of George (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Eveland Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Liberty 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
Hay Coulee (historical)	6.7 miles	6
Tiber Dam Camp	7.7 miles	6
Riverview Colony	11.4 miles	6
Selma (historical)	12.6 miles	6
Chester	12.7 miles	8
Tiber	14.5 miles	6
Buelow	17.0 miles	7
Lothair	18.2 miles	6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1748628. 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.