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Meyers Creek, Montana

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Absarokee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59061. The Survey maps it on the Meyer Mountain quadrangle.

Meyers Creek within Stillwater County

On record in Meyers Creek

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Meyers Creek between 1994 and 2011, burning about 207,131 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
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
8 September 1994Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National Forestnot named
7 August 1998Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestLIMESTONE BUTTE
23 August 2011Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestBLACK DOG
23 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestDARK CASTLE
22 August 2006Natural207,115 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestDERBY
17 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestPICKET PEN
14 August 2003Natural15 acresCuster Gallatin National ForestOLIVER DRAW
13 August 2006Naturalunder an acreCuster Gallatin National ForestPICKET PIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stillwater County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Meyers Creek: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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
Unnamed Copper OccurrenceCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in Stillwater 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
Limestone1.9 miles17
Mountain View7.4 miles17
Nye7.7 miles17
Mouat (historical)10.0 miles17
Beehive11.2 miles14
Dean14.2 miles14
Fishtail22.8 miles12
Reed Point25.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 787197. 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.