Kibbey, Montana

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Geyser census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59469. It lies near Peterson Coulee. The Survey maps it on the Limestone Butte quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kibbey within Judith Basin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Barker quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1961 USGS Limestone Butte quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Belt quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Limestone Butte quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kibbey (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 31 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
Natural	3
Debris and open burning	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 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	JOHNSTON CREEK
25 August 2013	Natural	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	SAWMILL RIDGE
12 August 2020	Natural	under an acre	Judith Basin County	FDH-MTLG36-225
23 July 2020	Natural	under an acre	Judith Basin County	FDH-MTLG36-182
6 May 2018	Debris and open burning	30 acres	Northeastern Land Office	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Judith Basin County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Kibbey (historical): 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Kibbey Deposit	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Mary Mountain Gypsum Mine	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer
Remington Deposit	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unnamed Gypsum Occurrence	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unnamed Gypsum Occurrence	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unnamed Gypsum Occurrence	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Judith Basin 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
Mann (historical)	5.9 miles	13
Raynesford	6.3 miles	13
Hughesville	8.4 miles	16
Barker	8.8 miles	16
Spion Kop	9.5 miles	14
Geyser	13.8 miles	13
Merino	19.9 miles	13
Surprise Creek Colony	20.7 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1782015. 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.