Langford City, Montana

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1975. It stands in the White Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59645. It stands on Woods Gulch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hanson Reservoir quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Langford City within Meagher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1886 USGS Fort Logan quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1948 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1961 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS White Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Hanson Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Canyon Ferry Dam quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Langford City (historical) between 2000 and 2019, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
9 September 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
6 August 2018	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Central Land Office	not named
16 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Meagher County	DUEPEA
12 July 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Meagher County	GALT
15 May 2000	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Butte Field Office	OHIO GULCH
25 April 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Meagher County	TOWNSEND FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Meagher County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Langford City (historical): 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence
Unnamed Pumice	Pumice	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Meagher 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
Springdale Colony	6.0 miles	13
White Sulphur Springs	6.9 miles	17
Buckingham	7.4 miles	14
Calkins (historical)	9.4 miles	16
Manger	10.5 miles	14
Fort Logan	11.7 miles	14
Moss Agate	16.6 miles	18
Wolsey	19.4 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762749. 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.