Gerber, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Eden-Stockett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59405. It lies near Johnson Flats. The Survey maps it on the Southeast Great Falls quadrangle.

Gerber within Cascade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

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

Fires near this place

11 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Gerber between 1995 and 2017, burning about 80 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	5
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Debris and open burning	1
Fireworks	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
1 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Central Land Office	MONARCH
8 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	SAND COULEE
8 August 1995	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.5 acres	Benton Lake National Wildlife Refuge	BOOTLEGGER
25 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Central Land Office	BELT RURAL
1 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	12 acres	Central Land Office	SAND COULEE
4 July 2017	Fireworks	under an acre	Central Land Office	GREAT FALLS FIRE
23 July 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	8.0 acres	Central Land Office	SAND COULEE
1 July 2017	Recreation and ceremony	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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gerber: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Montana Sand and Gravel	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Sand Coulee It	Iron	Unknown

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
Tracy	2.7 miles	16
Number Seven	3.3 miles	16
Sand Coulee	3.6 miles	16
Fields	4.0 miles	16
Box Elder (historical)	4.0 miles	15
Centerville	4.4 miles	16
Big Stone Colony	4.5 miles	16
Gibson Flats	4.5 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 771741. 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.