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Green Acres, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Libby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59923. It stands on Flower Creek. The Survey maps it on the Libby quadrangle.

Green Acres within Lincoln County

On record in Green Acres

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Green Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 269 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 15 were 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
Recreation and ceremony178
Natural68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking8
Fireworks7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestRACETRACK #9,
5 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.5 acresKootenai National ForestREMPS
5 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National Forestnot named
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKootenai National ForestLIBBY SUPERFUND 6
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestOBSIDIAN FLAT
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestEAST HEMP HILL
3 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestGOLF COURSE
3 September 2005Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestWEST SWEDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln 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 Green Acres: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, Silver. 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
Copper MountainCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Copper-Silver-Iron OccurrenceCopper, Gold, Iron, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Denver No. 1 & 2Lead, Tungsten, SilverUnknown
Fisher River QuarryGold, SilverPast Producer
Heintz R A ConstructionStone, DimensionPast Producer
Iron OccurrenceIron, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Granite Concrete Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Libby Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln 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
Libby0.9 miles14
White Haven4.6 miles14
Pioneer Junction5.0 miles14
Ripley6.2 miles16
Kootenai Falls11.9 miles14
Jennings12.0 miles15
Scotchville (historical)15.4 miles15
Warland (historical)16.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1782365. 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.