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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1888 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000
- 1895 USGS Three Forks quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1955 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Bozeman quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Ennis Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Ennis Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Madison County | HELLS CANYON |
| 16 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Central Land Office | not named |
| 8 July 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BT POWER LINE |
| 5 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | SOUTH MEADOW |
| 28 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Madison County | ENNIS LAKE |
| 2 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | BEACH |
| 16 July 2011 | Fireworks | 1.7 acres | Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest | ENNIS LAKE |
| 26 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Central Land Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madisonian | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Producer | Vein | |
| Unnamed Barium Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Jumbo Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Orofino Deposit | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Betty Mae | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Jim | Gold, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Madisonian | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Cibola Viii | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Golconda | Gold | Prospect | ||
| North Meadow Creek Placers | Gold | Past Producer |
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.
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 McAllister | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18358423 | 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 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.











