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Jitney, Montana

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winnett North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59087. The Survey maps it on the Cat Creek quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Jitney within Petroleum County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

4 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Jitney (historical) between 1996 and 2019, burning about 215 acres in total. 3 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
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
29 August 1996Natural15 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictBUTTONBTTE
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePetroleum CountyFDH-MTLG55-157
14 August 1999Natural40 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictNO 8
26 July 1999Natural160 acresNorth Central Montana DistrictCAT CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Petroleum 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
Cat Creek3.3 miles9
Hoyle (historical)7.4 miles8
Shay (historical)7.8 miles8
Weede (historical)8.9 miles9
Winnett17.3 miles8
Kelley19.4 miles6
Flatwillow23.7 miles6
Dovetail (historical)24.3 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1721635. 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.