Michigan Settlement, Montana

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Monarch-Neihart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59463. The Survey maps it on the Monarch NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Michigan Settlement within Cascade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

1890 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
1892 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000
1897 USGS Fort Benton quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1954 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1957 USGS Great Falls quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Monarch NE quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Belt quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Monarch NE quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

16 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Michigan Settlement (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 4 acres in total. 1 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Debris and open burning	1
Natural	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
9 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	JOHNSTON CREEK
4 September 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	CAMPFIRE
30 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.2 acres	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	DEAD COW
14 September 1995	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	DRY FORK
11 September 2005	Natural	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	SWITCHBACK
8 August 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Meagher County	HERIUM
7 August 2010	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	MILE MARKER 49
7 August 2010	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Helena - Lewis and Clark National Forest	MILE MARKER 50.5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cascade County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Michigan Settlement (historical): 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Dimension, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Monarch Stone Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Unknown
Tiger Mine	Gold, Silver	Past Producer
Remington Deposit	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence
Unnamed Gypsum Occurrence	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Cascade 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Monarch	2.8 miles	16
Albright (historical)	6.1 miles	14
Riceville	7.3 miles	14
Blythe	11.2 miles	15
Centerville (historical)	11.5 miles	16
Evans	13.8 miles	12
Armington Junction	14.7 miles	15
Neihart	15.2 miles	20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1762347. 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.