Glenbeg, Montana

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Boulder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59634. It lies near Locker Flats. The Survey maps it on the Mount Thompson quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Glenbeg within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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.

1889 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1893 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1899 USGS Boulder quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1899 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
1903 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1947 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Jefferson City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
1958 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1960 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Butte quadrangle1:250000
1985 USGS Mount Thompson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Butte North quadrangle1:100000
1996 USGS Mount Thompson quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Glenbeg (historical) between 1996 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 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
Natural	18
Recreation and ceremony	5
Debris and open burning	3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Arson/incendiarism	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Firearms and explosives use	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
9 September 2011	Natural	2.0 acres	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	THREE BROTHERS
5 September 2001	Natural	under an acre	Butte Field Office	CORBIN
4 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Butte Field Office	STAGECOACH
27 September 2020	Firearms and explosives use	under an acre	Central Land Office	KADY
26 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	CLANCY CREEK
7 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	QUARTZ CREEK
29 August 2001	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Butte Field Office	KADY
2 August 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Central Land Office	HEIDE WAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 215 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 215 workings within 5 miles of Glenbeg (historical): 104 past producers, 36 occurrences, 36 prospects, 24 unknowns. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, 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	Recorded
Ada Mine	Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Antimony	Past Producer	1860
Alta Mine	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Silica, Gold, Antimony	Past Producer	1869
Beaverton Ranch	Copper, Uranium	Occurrence
Bell Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold	Past Producer	Unknown
Bertha	Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Zinc	Past Producer
Bertha Mine	Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Bismuth, Antimony	Past Producer	1917
Bismarck Mine	Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold	Past Producer	Galena, Gold, Sericite, Sphalerite
Black Jack Mine	Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver	Producer	Unknown
Black Jack Mine	Silver, Gold, Zinc, Lead	Unknown
Blizzard	Silver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, Copper	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Portal	2.7 miles	29
Wickes	2.7 miles	29
Amazon	4.0 miles	29
Comet	4.2 miles	30
Corbin	4.6 miles	29
Jefferson City	6.5 miles	29
Rieder	7.5 miles	29
Kyle	7.5 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 799034. 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.