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.
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.
Coram Hotel, Thelisted 2012 · 0.8 miles away
Libby High Schoollisted 2008 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1920 USGS Libby quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Libby quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Libby quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Kalispell quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Libby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Libby quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Libby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
333 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 178 |
| Natural | 68 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | RACETRACK #9, |
| 5 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Kootenai National Forest | REMPS |
| 5 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | LIBBY SUPERFUND 6 |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | OBSIDIAN FLAT |
| 4 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | EAST HEMP HILL |
| 3 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | GOLF COURSE |
| 3 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Kootenai National Forest | WEST SWEDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Mountain | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Copper-Silver-Iron Occurrence | Copper, Gold, Iron, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Denver No. 1 & 2 | Lead, Tungsten, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Fisher River Quarry | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Heintz R A Construction | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Occurrence | Iron, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Granite Concrete Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Libby Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libby | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| White Haven | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pioneer Junction | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ripley | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Kootenai Falls | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Jennings | 12.0 miles | 15 | |
| Scotchville (historical) | 15.4 miles | 15 | |
| Warland (historical) | 16.4 miles | 9 |
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.








