Macon, Montana

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Fort Peck Reservation census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59201. The Survey maps it on the Macon quadrangle.

Macon within Roosevelt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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.

1916 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Wolf Point quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Macon quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Macon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,640 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 9 were 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/undetermined	23
Equipment and vehicle use	12
Smoking	12
Natural	11
Debris and open burning	10
Arson/incendiarism	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Fireworks	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4

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
7 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Fort Peck Agency	FARMERS
6 September 2003	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.3 acres	Fort Peck Agency	LGARFIELD
5 September 2005	Natural	58 acres	Fort Peck Agency	SLAUGHTERR
3 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4.8 acres	Fort Peck Agency	EMACON
22 September 2012	Smoking	1.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	TULE
20 September 1994	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	Fort Peck Agency	BILLS TOW
7 August 1998	Smoking	11 acres	Fort Peck Agency	BOYSON
3 August 1993	Smoking	under an acre	Fort Peck Agency	MIDDAGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Wolf Point

Every fire recorded in Roosevelt County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Macon: 9 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Unknown

Every working recorded in Roosevelt 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
Wolf Point	6.6 miles	6
Chelsea	9.7 miles	6
Poplar	17.0 miles	6
Volt	22.0 miles	6
Benrud (historical)	23.7 miles	6
Deertail Indian Village (historical)	24.1 miles	6
Sprole	24.1 miles	6
Bredette	29.7 miles	5

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 773793. 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.