Lakeview, Montana
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lima-Centennial Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59739. It stands on Shambow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Slide Mountain quadrangle. 15 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1950 USGS Lower Red Rock Lake quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Ashton quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Slide Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Hebgen Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Lakeview between 2007 and 2020, burning about 1,166 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 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | ODELL CREEK |
| 12 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1,163 acres | Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge | RED ROCK FIRE |
| 14 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BALDY |
| 6 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | CURRY CREEK |
| 11 June 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead County | TURNER RANCH HEADQUARTERS |
| 2 November 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Caribou-Targhee National Forest | SPRING |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lakeview: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Frigid | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Lakeview Placer | Gold | Occurrence | Placer | |
| Lakeview Placer | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeview in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeview | - | Peak hourly gust as measured by RAWS station RRDM8 near Red Rock. Time of occurrence based on radar. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Lakeview | - | Mesonet station lvrm8 1.0 sw Lakeview. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Lakeview | - | Mesonet station 5.9 n Lakeview rrdm8. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeview | - | A wind gust of 57KT (66MPH) was reported 6 miles N of Lakeview and was associated with thunderstorm outflow. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lakeview | - | A severe thunderstorm produced a wind gust to 66 mph at Lakeview 6N (Red Rock RAWS site - elevation 6690 feet). |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monida | 26.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lima | 41.5 miles | 11 | |
| Dell | 47.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kidd | 51.8 miles | 11 | |
| Guntner Place | 53.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bishop Place | 56.1 miles | 14 | |
| Red Rock | 57.3 miles | 10 | |
| Nicholia (historical) | 57.3 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lakeview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4257458 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773188. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





