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.
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.
- Meyers Creek Work Centerlisted 2023 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1898 USGS Granite Mountain District quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Nye No 2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1939 USGS Mt Wood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Mt. Wood quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Billings quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Meyer Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Red Lodge quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Meyer Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1994Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | not named |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | LIMESTONE BUTTE |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | BLACK DOG |
| 23 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DARK CASTLE |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 207,115 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | DERBY |
| 17 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PICKET PEN |
| 14 August 2003 | Natural | 15 acres | Custer Gallatin National Forest | OLIVER DRAW |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Custer Gallatin National Forest | PICKET PIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Copper Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Mountain View | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Nye | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Mouat (historical) | 10.0 miles | 17 | |
| Beehive | 11.2 miles | 14 | |
| Dean | 14.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fishtail | 22.8 miles | 12 | |
| Reed Point | 25.4 miles | 15 |
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.









