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McLeod, Montana

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 2000. It stands in the South of the Yellowstone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59052. It stands on West Boulder River. The Survey maps it on the McLeod quadrangle. It stands 4,803 feet above sea level.

McLeod within Sweet Grass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

10 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of McLeod between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,389 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Natural2

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
21 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweet Grass CountyFULLER
16 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestSUSIE CREEK
26 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,275 acresBillings Field OfficeMENDONHALL
29 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSweet Grass County1281 MAIN BOULDER RD
20 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresSouthern Land OfficeWEST BOULDER ROAD
12 July 2000Natural25 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestCASTLE
23 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acrePark Countynot named
20 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern Land OfficeMCLEOD

Every fire recorded in Sweet Grass 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 McLeod: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. 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
Smith HomesteadCalciumUnknown
Unnamed Calcite DepositCalciumOccurrence
Unnamed Calcite DepositCalciumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Sweet Grass 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
Carney7.1 miles16
Big Timber14.6 miles16
Sioux Crossing15.9 miles17
Greycliff18.9 miles16
Wormser (historical)22.5 miles18
Sourdough23.0 miles15
Quebec24.6 miles16
Melville31.6 miles11

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 McLeodAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1170208The 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 786978. 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.