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Halfmoon, Montana

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Columbia Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59912. It stands on Garnier Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbia Falls North quadrangle.

Halfmoon within Flathead County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Halfmoon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 93 acres in total. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Debris and open burning33
Recreation and ceremony10
Smoking6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeHIDEAWAY
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land Officenot named
4 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeHIDDEN VALLEY
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlathead CountyHWY 206 / COLUMBIA MEADOWS DR-CF
3 September 2003Smokingunder an acreNorthwestern Land Officenot named
29 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlathead National ForestDUTY
28 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeTOFTUM LANE
24 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNorthwestern Land OfficeSOUTH CEDER LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Flathead County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Halfmoon: 3 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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
(Facility) Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant1955
Hamilton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blue Moon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Crushing Plant No.. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Flathead 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
Lazy Day Court1.8 miles11
Big Sky Colonial Manor2.5 miles11
Pine Park3.2 miles11
Columbia Falls3.3 miles11
La Salle5.2 miles11
Happy Haven5.4 miles12
Whitefish5.4 miles12
Conkelley5.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 806952. 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.