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McAllister, Montana

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It lies in ZIP code area 59740. It stands on South Meadow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ennis Lake quadrangle. 278 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 4,888 feet above sea level.

McAllister within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of McAllister between 1996 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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
Natural2
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
15 September 2020Debris and open burning1.8 acresMadison CountyHELLS CANYON
16 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral Land Officenot named
8 July 1996Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBT POWER LINE
5 July 2001Naturalunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestSOUTH MEADOW
28 July 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMadison CountyENNIS LAKE
2 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestBEACH
16 July 2011Fireworks1.7 acresBeaverhead-Deerlodge National ForestENNIS LAKE
26 April 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresCentral Land Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of McAllister: 7 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Iron, Gold, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
MadisonianGold, Silver, Copper, LeadProducerVein
Unnamed Barium DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Jumbo DepositIronPast Producer
Orofino DepositIronPast Producer
Betty MaeGold, SilverPast Producer
JimGold, SilverUnknown
MadisonianGold, SilverPast Producer
Cibola ViiiGoldPast Producer
GolcondaGoldProspect
North Meadow Creek PlacersGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Watkins4.2 miles29
Ennis6.6 miles29
Jeffers6.7 miles29
Cowboys Heaven7.9 miles28
Sterling8.5 miles22
Norris8.8 miles20
Red Bluff10.9 miles20
Varney14.7 miles20

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 McAllisterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18358423The 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 773949. 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.